Grace

As we gather in the chapel here
 In old Kilmainham Jail
 I think about these past few days
 Oh, will they say we've failed?
 From our schooldays they have told us
 We must yearn for liberty
 Yet all I want in this dark place
 Is to have you here with me
 Oh Grace, just hold me in your arms
 And let this moment linger
 They take me out at dawn
 And I will die
 With all my love I place
 This wedding ring upon your finger
 There won't be time to share our love
 So we must say Good-bye
 Now I know it's hard for you my love
 To ever understand
 The love I bear for these brave men
 My love for this dear land
 But when Padhraic called me to his side
 Down in the G P O
 I had to leave my own sick bed,
 To him I had to go.
 Oh Grace, just hold me in your arms
 And let this moment linger
 They take me out at dawn
 And I will die
 With all my love I place
 This wedding ring upon your finger
 There won't be time to share our love
 So we must say Good-bye
 Now as the dawn is breaking,
 My heart is breaking too
 On this May morn as I walk out
 My thoughts will be of you
 And I'll write some words upon the wall
 So everyone will know
 I loved so much that I could see
 His blood upon the rose
 Oh Grace, just hold me in your arms
 And let this moment linger
 They take me out at dawn
 And I will die
 With all my love I place
 This wedding ring upon your finger
 There won't be time to share our love
 So we must say Good-bye