[Verse]
I was walking down by Island Bridge, just doing as I please,
This April day the sun was warm, there was but a gentle breeze,
I wandered up the old stone steps into the Phoenix Park,
To watch the children laugh and play, in the hours before the dark.
I strolled up the monument and lay down on the ground,
Then people started crying when they, oh, heard the battle sound,
I don't know what came over me for a moment I could hеar,
The echo of a soldier's voicе kept calling in my ear.
[Chorus]
Oh, meet me at the pillar, son, please meet me there at noon,
I need you brave young Irishmen, oh, there's something we must do,
Please meet me at the pillar, son, for it still is not too late,
It's time to sing a freedom song, come soon, I cannot wait.
[Verse]
I turned around to see this man but nobody was there,
In the distance I could here the drums, yet still stillness filled the air,
I closed my eyes and in my dreams a soldier I could see,
He said his name was Pádraig Pearse and he kept on calling me.
[Chorus]
Oh, meet me at the pillar, son, please meet me there at noon,
I need you brave young Irishmen, oh, there's something we must do,
Please meet me at the pillar, son, for it still is not too late,
It's time to sing a freedom song, come soon, I cannot wait.
[Chorus]
Oh, meet me at the pillar, son, please meet me there at noon,
I need you brave young Irishmen, oh, there's something we must do,
Please meet me at the pillar, son, for it still is not too late,
It's time to sing a freedom song, come soon, I cannot wait,
Oh, it's time to sing a freedom song, come soon, I cannot wait.