Grace

As we gather in the chapel here, in old Kilmainham Gaol
I think about these past few weeks, oh will they say we 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.
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 sick-bed, to him I had to go.

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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.

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