Lyrics:
I wrote this song for the memory of a man they knew as Joseph Mary Plunkett A poet, a laureate, a soldier not In Kilmainham gaol he tied the knot
and Plunkett They shot McDonagh and Clarke the brave From bleak Kilmainham they took Ceannt's body To Arbour Hill and a quicklime grave But last of all
As we gather in the chapel here in old Kilmainham Jaill I think about these past few weeks, oh will they say we've failed? From our school days
fowlers waylaid him in hopes to ensnare him While I here in sorrow, his absence bewail Oh, it grieves me to think that the walls of Kilmainham Surround my
lead And I, I was picked to kill a man like that James Connolly A great crowd had gathered Outside of Kilmainham Their heads all uncovered They knelt
smooth and so civil Larry tipped him a Kilmainham look And he pitched his big wig to the devil Then sighing, he threw back his head To get his sweet drop
and a visionary We gave to him no fitting tribute When Ireland's at peace only that can be When Ireland a nation, united and free Kilmainham Gaol in 1916 They
gathered outside of Kilmainham Their heads all uncovered, they knelt to the ground. For inside that grim prison Lay a great Irish soldier His life for his
effort for her cause we fought with pride But to save more life and to save our city, we make our peace with McFainis cried. Chorus ... Kilmainham Jail in
rifle shot that cursed lead And I, I was picked to kill a man like that, James Connolly A great crowd had gathered outside of Kilmainham Their heads
Executions at Kilmainham Jail You are UN peacekeeping And speaking of The Pale After kissing the Blarney Stone My Ireland, wherever you roam You are always
with pride But to save more life and to save our city We make our peace with Mcfainis cried Kilmainham Jail in 1916 They brought young Pearse To his
cs 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
As we gather in the chapel here in old Kilmainham Jail I think about these last few weeks, oh will they say we've failed From our school days they
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
married his longtime girlfriend, Grace Gifford A very beautiful song A song called Grace As we gathered in the chapel here in Old Kilmainham Jail I
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
the GPO There was nothing left but rubble with the burning and the smoke Kilmainham may be waiting, their fate against the wall Execute their empty body,
married his longtime girlfriend, Grace Gifford A very beautiful song A song called Grace As we gathered in the chapel here in Old Kilmainham Jail I
And when they shot our leaders up against Kilmainham wall You were there beside us in that awful Easter dawn Hey, big fellah..........where the hell are you
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 schooldays they
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