As we gather 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 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, so we must say goodbye

Now I know it's hard for you my love to ever understand
The love I bare for these brave men, my love for this dear land
But when Pádraic 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'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
So I'll write some words upon the wall so everyone will know
I loved so much all I could see was 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'll place this wedding ring upon your finger
There won't be time to share our love, for we must say goodbye

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

There won't be time to share our love, so we must say goodbye