As we gather in the chapel   Here in old Kilmainham Gaol   I think about these last few days   Will they say that we have 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      Grace, I know it's hard for you   To ever understand   The love I bear   For these brave men   My love for this dear land   But when Padraic called me to his side   Down at the GPO   I had to leave my own sick bed   To him I had to go      Grace, just hold me in your arms   And let this moment linger   For they take me out at dawn   And I will die   With all my love, I place   This wedding ring upon your finger   We won't have time to share our love   For we must say goodbye      Now as the dawn is breaking   Sure my heart is breaking, too   As they lead me out to die   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      Grace, just hold me in your arms   And let this moment linger   For they take me out at dawn   And I will die   With all my love, I place   This wedding ring upon your finger   We won't have time to share our love   For we must say goodbye