Grace

, Wolfe Tones

Verse:
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As we gather in the chapel here in old Kilmainham Jail
 
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I think about these past few weeks, oh will they say we've failed?
 
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From our school days they have told us we must yearn for liberty
 
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Yet all    I  want  in   this dark place is to have you here with me
 
Chorus:
 
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Oh Grace just hold me in your arms and let this moment linger
 
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They'll take me out at   dawn and I will die
 
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With all my love   I   place this wedding ring upon your finger
 
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There won't be time to share our love
 
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 so we must say goodbye




Now I know it's hard for you my love to ever understand
My love I bare for these brave men, my love for this dear land
But when Pádraig called me to his side down in the GPO
I had to leave my own sick bed, to him I had to go
 Chorus
Now as the dawn is breaking, my heart is breaking too
On this May morn as I walk out, my thoughts will be with 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