Get Out Ye Black and Tans

I was born on a Dublin street where the loyal drums did beat The loving English feet, they walked all over us And every single night, when me dad would come home tight He'd invite the neighbors out with this chorus Come out ye Black and Tans Come out and fight me like a man Show your wife how you won medals down in Flanders Tell her how the I-R-A made you run like hell away From the green and lovely lanes of Killashandra Come, let us hear you tell how you slandered great Parnell When you thought him well and truly persecuted Where are the sneers and jeers that you loudly let us hear When our leaders of '16 were executed? Come out ye Black and Tans Come out and fight me like a man Show your wife how you won medals down in Flanders Tell her how the I-R-A made you run like hell away From the green and lovely lanes of Killashandra Come tell us how you slew them ol' Arabs two by two Like the Zulus, they had spears and bow and arrows How bravely you faced one with your 16 pounder gun And you frightened them damn natives to the marrow Come out ye Black and Tans Come out and fight me like a man Show your wife how you won medals down in Flanders Tell her how the I-R-A made you run like hell away From the green and lovely lanes of Killashandra The time is coming fast, and I think this day is near When each Seoinín traitor, he will run before us And if there'll be a need, well, our kids will say godspeed With a verse or two of singing this fine chorus Come out ye Black and Tans Come out and fight me like a man Show your wife how you won medals down in Flanders Tell her how the I-R-A made you run like hell away From the green and lovely lanes of Killashandra Come out ye Black and Tans Come out and fight me like a man Show your wife how you won medals down in Flanders Tell her how the I-R-A made you run like hell away From the green and lovely lanes of Killashandra