As we gather in the chapel here
In old Kilmainham Gaol
I think about these last few weeks
Or 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'll 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 brave men
My love for this dear land
But when Padraig called me to his side
Down in the GPO
I had to leave my own sickbed
And 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
As the dawn is breaking
My heart is breaking too
On this May morn as I walk out
My thoughts they'll be of you
And I'll write some words upon a wall
So everyone will know
I love so much that I could see
The 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