Grace Lyrics

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 school days, they have told us
We must yearn for liberty
Yet, 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
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 Pádhraic 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
Sing it with me if you know it

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
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

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 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

Thank you very much
Jim McCann
I′m going to play a jig to the mandolin duet
As hard as you can, because there's three of us gonna play the tune
The first one is called, "Chief O′Neill's"

The other one I'd say is from the Antrim glens in the north east
It′s a tune called, "The Trumpet Hornpipe"
And then the last one′s from the middle, it's, "The Mullingar Races"
That′s a reel
So for those of you who haven't heard these tunes before tonight
Well this′ll be the first time