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As we gather in the chapel here in old Kilmainham jail
I think about the last few weeks Oh will they say we 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.
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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 place this wedding ring upon your finger
There wont 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 bear for these brave men my love for this brave land
But when Padraic 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.
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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 place this wedding ring upon your finger
There wont be time to share our love so we must say goodbye.
Now as the dawn is breaking my heart is breaking to
As I walk out on this May morn 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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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 place this wedding ring upon your finger
There wont be time to share our love so we must say goodbye