My little Armalite

And it's down Along the Falls Road, that's where I long to be,

Lying in the dark with a Provo company,

A comrade on my left and another on me right

And a clip of ammunition for my little Armalite.

I was stopped by a soldier, he said, You are a swine,

He hit me with his rifle and he kicked me in the groin,

I begged and I pleaded, all my manners were polite

But all the time I'm thinking of me little Armalite.

And it's down in The Bogside that's where I long to be,

Lying in the dark with a Provo company,

A comrade on my left and another on me right

And a clip of ammunition for my little Armalite.

Well this brave RUC man came marching up into our street

Six hundred British soldiers he had lined up at his feet

"Come out, ya cowardly Fenians", come on out and fight".

He cried, "I'm only joking", when he heard the Armalite.

And it's down in Bellaghy that's where I long to be,

Lying in the dark with a Provo company,

A comrade on my left and another on me right

And a clip of ammunition for my little Armalite.

Well the army came to visit me, 'twas in the early hours,

With Saladins and Saracens and Ferret armoured cars

They thought they had me cornered, but I gave them all a fright

With the armour piercing bullets of my little Armalite.

And it's down in the New Lodge that's where I long to be,

Lying in the dark with a Provo company,

A comrade on my left and another on me right

And a clip of ammunition for my little Armalite.

Well when Pryor came to Belfast to see the battles won,

The generals they had told him "we've got them on the run",

But corporals and privates on patrol at night,

Said 'Remember Narrow Water and the bloody Armalite.'

And it's down in Crossmaglen, that's where I long to be,

Lying in the dark with a Provo company,

A comrade on me left and another on me right

And a clip of ammunition for my little Armalite