Grace lyrics

Grace

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Lyrics

Grace

Composed by Frank and Seán O'Meara

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

Chorus:
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

Chorus:
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 love so much that all I could see his blood upon the Rose.

Chorus:
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

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From the Locked-In Sessions. "Grace" - the ballad about Grace Gifford and Joseph Plunkett, Easter Rising 1916. Sorry we can't have all the band performing, with the times we are in. Please like and share. More to follow. #mpbpub #merryploughboypub #merryploughboys
Posted by The Merry Ploughboy Irish Music Pub Dublin on Saturday, 28 March 2020

Background

The poignant words of the ballad “Grace”, were written in 1985 by Frank and Seán O’Meara. The ballad commemorate the marriage of Grace Gifford to Joseph Mary Plunkett in Kilmainham Gaol on the night of 3 May 1916, just hours before he was executed.

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The Merry Ploughboy Irish Night
The Merry Ploughboy Pub
Edmondstown Road
Rockbrook
Rathfarnham
D16 HK02
Dublin
Ireland