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 heard the battle sound
I don't know what came over me for a moment I could hear
The echo of a soldier's voice kept calling in my ear
Met me at the Pillar son, met me there at noon
I need you brave young Irishmen, there is something we must do.
Meet me at the Pillar son, Please meet me there at noon, i need you brave young Irishmen, 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
I turned around to see this man but nobody was there
In the distance I could here the Drums
Yet it's stillness fill the air
I closed my eyes and in my dreams a soldier I could see
He said his name was Padraig Pearse and he kept on calling me.
That awful night I lay awake and many times I cried
I could not answer his command no matter how I tried
There in the dark I did my best to say a silent prayer
That when they take him to his fate
He'll know how much I care.