Donna Taggart
Donna Taggart - Grace songtekst
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Dit lied gaat over Grace, de vrouw van Joseph Mary Plunkett. Joseph Plunkett (1887 - 1916) was een Ierse nationalist, journalist, dichter en een van de leiders van de 1916 Easter Rising. Easter Rising (ook wel Easter Rebellion) was een gewapende opstand gedurende de Paasweek (Pasen = Eastern) met als doel de Britse overheersing in Ierland te beeindigen.
Joseph werd tijdens de opstand gevangen genomen. Een Britse rechtbank veroordeelde hem ter dood. 7 uur (!) voor hij werd geëxecuteerd trouwde hij met zijn jeugdliefde Grace Gifford.
Seán & Frank O'Meara schreven deze Ierse ballade. Het is een monoloog van Joseph Plunkett waarin hij zijn liefde uit voor Grace en zijn liefde voor een vrij Ierland.
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