| lyric | As we gather in the chapel
here in old Kilmainham jail,
I think about the last few weeks oh
will they say we’ve failed?
From our schooldays they have told us
we must yearn for liberty,
Yet all I want in this dark place
is to have you here with me.
Chorus:
Oh Grace just hold me in your arms,
and let this moment linger.
$Then 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 bear for these brave men,
my love for this dear land,
But when Padraic called me to his side
down in the G.P.O.,
I had to leave my own sick bed
to him I had to go.
Now as the dawn is breaking,
my heart is breaking too,
on this May morn as Iwalk out,
my thoughts will be of you,
and I'll write some words upon the walls,
so everyone will know,
I loved you so much that I could see
his blood upon the rose. |