Grace - Anthony Kearns

The song is about Grace Gifford going to see her fiance Joseph Mary Plunkett for the last time in Kilmainham Gaol, he was executed on the 4th May 1916. sung by Anthony Kearns.

As we gather in the chapel here in old Kilmainham Jail
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 bare for these brave men, the love for my dear land
But when Pádraic called me to his side down in the GPO
I had to leave my own sick bed, to him I had to go

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'll 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 and I will die
With all my love I'll place this wedding ring upon your finger
There won't be time to share our love for we must say goodbye
For we must say goodbye

Category:

Music

Tags:

• anthony
• kearns
• grace
• gifford
• joseph
• plunkett
• 1916
• ireland
• irishfolk
• folk
• irish
• kilmainham
• gaol
• martyr
• machree01

[HurricaneHeidi]

Anthony truly FEELS this song... and those exquisite "grace notes" (no pun intended) ... how ineffably brilliant.

[mjfergs]

Bravo Anthony! This man does not have the recognition he deserves.

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[mattmanfive00]

While Anthony is not my favorite of the Irish Tenors, I will (grudgingly) admit he IS the best singer of them all. I love his voice and pitch, and even though John McDermott is my favorite, none of them could have done as well with this song as Anthony does. His voice really makes these lyrics come alive.

[mattmanfive00]

While Anthony is not my favorite of the Irish Tenors, I will (grudgingly) admit he IS the best singer of them all. I love his voice and pitch, and even though John McDermott is my favorite, none of them could have done as well with this song as Anthony does. His voice really makes these lyrics come alive.

[mattmanfive00]

While Anthony is not my favorite of the Irish Tenors, I will (grudgingly) admit he IS the best singer of them all. I love his voice and pitch, and even though John McDermott is my favorite, none of them could have done as well with this song as Anthony does. His voice really makes these lyrics come alive.

[yourANTIDOTE916]

Man, I love the Irish Tenors, especially when it was Anthony, Ronan, and Finbarr (Finbar?) and this is my all time favorite traditional Irish song :)