[Verse]
I was walking down by Island Bridge, just doing as I please,
The 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 by the monument, I lay down on the ground,
Then people started crying when they heard the battle sound,
I don't know what came over me for a moment I could hеar,
The pleading of a soldier's voicе kept calling in my ear.

[Chorus]
Oh, meet me at the pillar, son, meet me there at noon,
I need you brave young Irishmen, there's something we must do,
Oh, meet me at the pillar, son, come soon, it's 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 a 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, meet me there at noon,
I need you brave young Irishmen, there's something we must do,
Oh, meet me at the pillar, son, come soon, it's not too late,
It's time to sing a freedom song, come soon, I cannot wait.

[Verse]
That awful night I lay awake and many times I cried,
I couldn't answer his command, no matter how I tried,
There in the dark I did my best to say a silent prayer,
That when they took him to his fate, he'll know how much I care.

[Chorus]
Oh, meet me at the pillar, son, meet me there at noon,
I need you brave young Irishmen, there's something we must do,
Oh, meet me at the pillar, son, come soon, it's not too late,
It's time to sing a freedom song, come soon, I cannot wait,
Yes, it's time to sing a freedom song, come soon, I cannot wait.