I was walking down by Islandbridge, just doing as I pleased

This April day the sun was warm, there was but a gentle breeze

I wandered up the old stone steps into Phoenix Park

To watch the children laugh and play in the hours before the dark

I strolled up by 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, but for a moment I could hear

The echo of a soldier's voice that kept calling in my ear

Meet me at the Pillar son, meet me there at noon

I need you brave young Irishmen, there is something we must do

Meet me at the Pillar son, still it's not too late

It's time to sing a Freedom's song, come soon I cannot wait

I turned around to see this man, but nobody was there

In the distance I could hear 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 Pdraig Pearse, and he kept on calling me

That awful night I lay awake and many times I cried

I could not answer his commands, 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 cared

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