Meet Me At The Pillar

Sean O'Meara/Frank O'Meara

 

I was walking down by Islandbridge 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 by the monument and lay down on the ground

Then people started crying when they heard the battle sound

I dont know what came over me for a moment I could hear

The echo of a soldiers voice kept calling in my ear.

 

[chorus]

Meet me at the pillar son meet me there at noon

I need you brave young Irishmen theres something we must do

Meet me at the pillar son it still is not too late

Its time to sing a freedom song come soon I cannot wait.

 

I looked around to see this man but nobody was there

In the distance I could hear the drums yet stillness filled the air

I turned around and in my dream a soldier I could see

He said his name was Padraig Pearse and he kept on calling me.