[Verse]
As we gathered in the chapel here in old Kilmainham Jail,
I think about those last few weeks, oh, will they say we've failed?
From our school days they have told us we must yearn for liberty,
But all I want in this dark place is to have you here with me.

[Chorus]
Oh, Grace, just hold me in your arms and let this moment linger,
They'll take me out at dawn and I will die,
And with all my love I'll place this wedding ring upon your finger,
No there won't be time to share our love, so we must say goodbye.

[Verse]
Now I know it's hard for you, my love, to ever understand,
The love I have 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.

[Chorus]
Oh, Grace, just hold me in your arms and let this moment linger,
They'll take me out at dawn and I will die,
And with all my love I'll place this wedding ring upon your finger,
No there won't be time to share our love, so we must say goodbye.

[Verse]
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 shall know,
I loved so much that I could see his blood upon the rose.

[Chorus]
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,
No there won't be time to share our love, so we must say goodbye,
No there won't be time to share our love, so we must say goodbye.