Grace

As we gather in the chapel here, in old Kilmainham Jail I think about these past few weeks, oh will they say we 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'll take me out at dawn, and I will 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 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 Padre called me to his side, down in the GPO 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'll 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, and I will 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 Oh, there won't be time to share our love, for we must say goodbye