As we gather here in the chapel in old Kilmainham jail
I think about these past few weeks or will they say we failed
From our schooldays they have told us we must yearn for liberty
Yet all I want in this dark place is to have you here with me
O 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
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 Pádraig 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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And as the dawn is breaking, my heart is breaking too
As I walk out this cold May morn my thought will be of you
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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