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Grace

As we gather in the chapel here in old Kilmanhaim Jail
I think about these past few weeks, oh, will they say we failed
From our school days they have told us we must yearn for Liberty
But all I want in this dark place is to have you here with me
Chorus:
Oh, Grace just hold 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, so we must say good bye
Now, I know it's hard for you, my love, to ever understand
The love I bare for these brave men, my love for this dear land
But when Padric called me to his side down in the GPO
I had to leave my own sick bed to him I had to go
Chorus
Now, as the dawn is breaking my heart is breaking too
As I walk out on this may morn, my thoughts will be of you
So write these words upon the wall so everyone will know
I loved so much that I could see his blood upon the rose
Chorus



Christy Moore's Motherland


Where in hell can you go, far from the things that you know,
Far from this concrete sprawl that keeps crawling it's way,
About a thousand miles a day.

Take one last look behind, commit this to memory and mind,
Don't miss this wasteland, this terrible place, when you leave,
Keep your heart off your sleeve.

Motherland cradle me, close my eyes lullaby me to sleep,
Keep me safe, lie with me stay beside me don't go.

My five and dime queen, tell me what have you seen,
The lust and the avarice the bottomless cavernous greed,
Is that what you see?

Motherland cradle me, close my eyes lullaby me to sleep,
Keep me safe, lie with me stay beside me don't go.

It's your happiness I want most of all and for that I'd do anything at all.
If you want the best of life and the most of love,
If there is anything I can do at all.

Come on shotgun bride, what makes me envy your life,
The faceless the nameless the innocent the blameless and free,
What's that like to be?

Motherland cradle me, close my eyes lullaby me to sleep,
Keep me safe lie with me stay beside me don't go,
Don't you go …