I was[C] walking down by Island Bridge just doing as I [G]please
This April day the sun was warm
There was but a gentle[C] breeze
I wandered up the old stone[C7] steps into the Phoenix [F]Park
To watch the children laugh and[G] play
In the hours before the[C] 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.

Chorus:
Meet[C] me at the[F] Pillar son,Please meet me there at [C]noon,I need you brave young[G] Irishmen,there's something we must[C] do,please meet me at the[F] pillar son , for it still is not too[C] late
It's time to sing a[G] freedom song
Come soon I cannot[C] 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.