Misc Originals – Barney Mc Kenna - Grace (Guitar)

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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 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

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Oh Grace, just hold me in your arms and let this moment linger

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They 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 so we must say goodbye

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Now I know it's hard for you my love to ever understand

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The love I bear for these brave men, my love for this brave land

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But when Padraic called me to his side down in the G.P.O.

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I had to leave my own sick bed, to him I had to go

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Oh Grace, just hold me in your arms and let this moment linger

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They 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 so we must say goodbye

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Now as the dawn is breaking my heart is breaking too

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As I walk out on this May morn my thoughts will be of you

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And I'll write some words upon the wall so everyone will know

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I loved so much that I could see his blood upon the rose

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Oh Grace, just hold me in your arms and let this moment linger

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They 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 so we must say goodbye