Grace

As we gather in the chapel here in old Kilmainham Gaol I think about these past few weeks, oh, will they say we've failed? From our school days, 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'll 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 for we must say goodbye 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 Padraig 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'll 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 for we must say goodbye 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'll take me out at dawn, now I must die With all my love, I'll place this wedding ring upon your finger There won't be time to share our love for we must say goodbye Ah, there won't be time to share our love so we must say goodbye