As we gather in the chapel here

In old Killmannon jail

I think about these past few weeks

Oh will they say we 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

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 place this wedding ring upon your finger

There won't be time to share our love

So 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

So when Porrick called me to his side

Down in the GPO

I have to leave my own sick bed

To him I had to go

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 place this wedding ring

Upon your finger

There won't be time to share our love

So 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

Is blood upon the rose

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 place this wedding ring

Upon your finger

There won't be time to share our love

So we must say goodbye

Now there won't be time to share our love

So we must say goodbye