As we gather in the chapel here
in old Kilmainham Gaol
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
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 Padhraic 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
for 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 love 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
for we must say goodbye
No there won't be time to share our love
for we must say goodbye