Lyrics Grace - The Dubliners , Jim McCann

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 Pádhraic 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
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, 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
Oh Grace, just hold me in your arms and let this moment linger
They′ll take me out at dawn, now I must 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
Oh, there won't be time to share our love
So we must say goodbye