Grace

As we gathered in the chapel here, in old Kilmainham Jail
I think about these last few weeks, oh will they say we've failed
From our school days they have taught us, we must yearn for liberty
But 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 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 good-bye

Though I know it's hard for you my love, to ever understand,
The love I feel for this great man, my love for this dear land,
But when Padraig called me to his side down at the GPO,
I had to leave my own sick bed, to him I had to go

Now as the dawn is breaking, my heart is breaking to,
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