Little Armalite

[3][4] The song dates from the early 1970's, when the Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) illegally imported various forms of weaponry, including the Armalite AR-18 rifle, from the United States.

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.

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".

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.'

In older versions of the song, the second last part had said:[9] "When Tuzo came to Belfast, he said, 'The battle’s won' Said General Ford 'We’re winning sir, we have them on the run' But corporals and privates, on patrol at night Said 'send for reinforcements, it’s the bloody Armalite.'"