[Verse 1]

As we gather in the chapel here in old Kilmainham Gaol

I think about these past few weeks, oh, will they say we've 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

[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, for 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 dear land

But when Pádraic 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

[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, 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

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, now I must 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

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