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 for 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, the love for my dear land

But when Pádraic 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

For we must say goodbye