This wee ditty that's been doin' the roun's of lodges throughout mid-Ulster is based on thon oul' Amerikayne come-all-ye "Stack-a-lee". It's called "Pais-a-lee".

PAIS-A-LEE
In a pub in Portydown on a dark and drizzly night
Gerry Adams and Pais-a-lee had one terrible fight
All about that Orange bowler hat

Pais-a-lee walked to the bar-room and he called for a glass of beer
Turned around to Gerry Adams, said "What are you doin' here?"
"Waitin' for a train, please bring my woman home"

"Pais-a-lee, oh Pais-a-lee, please don't take my life
Got three little children and a weepin' lovin' wife
You're a bad man, bad man Pais-a-lee"

"God bless your children and I'll take care of your wife
You stole my Orange bowler, now I'm bound to take your life"
All about that Orange bowler hat

Pais-a-lee turned to Gerry Adams and he shot him right through the head
Only taking one shot to kill Gerry Adams dead
All about that Orange bowler hat

Sent for the doctor, well the doctor he did come
Just pointed out Pais-a-lee, said "Now what have you done?
You're a bad man, bad man Pais-a-lee"

Six big horses and a rubber-tired hack
Hauled him off to Milltown, but they failed to bring him back
All about that Orange bowler hat

Back home in oul' Portydown I heard the bulldogs bark
It must have been oul' Pais-a-lee stumblin in the dark
He's a bad man, gonna land him right back in jail

Police walked on to Pais-a-lee, he was lying fast asleep
Police catched oul' Pais-a-lee, and he jumped forty feet
He's a bad man, gonna land him back in jail

Well they got oul' Pais-a-lee and they laid him right back in jail
Couldn't get a man around to go Pais-a-lee's bail
All about that Orange bowler hat

Pais-a-lee turned to the jailer and said "Jailer, I can't sleep
'Round my bedside Gerry Adams began to creep"
All about that Orange bowler hat