As we gather in the chapel here in old Kilmainham jail
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 so we must say goodbye

Now I know it's hard for you, my love, to ever understand.
The love I bare for these brave men
My love for this great land.
For the glory 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 so 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 place this wedding ring upon your finger
There won't be time to share our love so we must say goodbye
No, there won't be time to share our love so we must say goodbye