Grace-Jim McCann

[ti:Grace] [ar:Jim McCann] [al:Beautiful Dublin] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Grace - Jim McCann [00:12.93]As we gather in the chapel here in old Kilmainham Jail [00:21.40] [00:22.78]I think about these past few weeks [00:26.61] [00:27.52]Oh will they say we've failed [00:31.01] [00:32.13]From our school days they have told us we must yearn for liberty [00:40.55] [00:41.95]Yet all I want in this dark place is to have you here with me [00:50.28] [00:53.80]Oh Grace just hold me in your arms and let this moment linger [01:02.62] [01:03.75]They'll take me out at dawn and I will die [01:09.76] [01:13.10]With all my love I place this wedding ring upon your finger [01:21.57] [01:23.15]There won't be time to share our love for we must say goodbye [01:31.48] [01:34.88]Now I know it's hard for you my love to ever understand [01:43.55] [01:44.89]The love I bare for these brave men [01:48.91] [01:50.12]My love for this dear land [01:52.86] [01:54.17]But when Pádraic called me to his side down in the GPO [02:03.24] [02:04.09]I had to leave my own sick bed, to him my had to go [02:12.53] [02:15.94]Oh, Grace just hold me in your arms and let this moment linger [02:24.70] [02:26.03]They'll take me out at dawn and I will die [02:31.81] [02:35.31]With all my love I'll place this wedding ring upon your finger [02:43.75] [02:45.31]There won't be time to share our love for we must say goodbye [02:53.52] [02:57.46]Now as the dawn is breaking [03:01.41] [03:02.02]My heart is breaking too [03:05.82] [03:06.94]On this May morn as I walk out [03:10.91] [03:11.74]My thoughts will be of you [03:15.27] [03:16.53]And I'll write some words upon the wall so everyone will know [03:25.59] [03:26.28]I loved so much that I could see his blood upon the rose [03:34.93] [03:38.17]Oh, Grace just hold me in your arms and let this moment linger [03:46.53] [03:48.10]They'll take me out at dawn and I will die [03:54.25] [03:57.50]With all my love I'll place this wedding ring upon your finger [04:05.88] [04:07.49]There won't be time to share our love for we must say goodbye [04:16.31] [04:19.15]Oh there won't be time to share our love so we must say goodbye