Grace

As we gather in the chapel

Here in old Kilmainham Gaol

I think about these past few weeks

Oh, will they say we 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 great men

My love for this dear land

But when Pádraig 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 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

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 place

This wedding ring upon your finger

There won't be time to share our love

For we must say goodbye