Grace

As we gather in the chapel here in old Kilmainham jail I think about the last few weeks And they will say we failed From our school days, they have told us We must yearn for liberty But 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 So we must say goodbye Now I know it must be hard for you, my love, to understand The love I bear for this brave place A love for these brave men For when pouring coal meets who is tied down at the GPO I had to leave my own sickbed 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 So we must say goodbye Now as the dawn is breaking All 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 love so much that I could see his blood upon a 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 So we must say goodbye There won't be time to share our love So we must say goodbye