[Verse]
As we gather in this chapel here in old Kilmainham Jail,
I think about these past few weeks, oh, will they say we failed?
From our school days they have taught us we must yearn for liberty,
Yet 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,
With all my love I'll place this wedding ring upon your finger,
There won't be time to share our love, so we must say goodbye.

[Verse]
Oh, 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.

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

[Verse]
Alas the dawn is breaking, my heart is breaking too,
As I walk out this May morning, 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.

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