^AmI was born on a Dublin street where the Ro^Gyal drums do b^Emeat And the lo^Amving English people walked all over us And ev^Cery single every night when me dad would c^Gome home ^Emtight He'd in^Amvite the neighbors o^Gut with this ch^Amorus

^AmCome out you Black and Tans, come out and f^Gight me like a ^Emman Show your ^Amwife how you won medals down in Flanders Tell her h^Cow the IRA made you ^Grun like hell a^Emway From the gr^Ameen and lovely la^Gkes of Killa^Amshandra

Come t^Amell us how you slew them ^Gol' Arabs two by ^Emtwo Like the Z^Amulus they had knives and bows and arrows Oh, how you br^Cavely you faced one with your si^Gxteen pounder ^Emgun And you f^Amrightened all n^Gatives to the ma^Amrrow

^AmCome out you Black and Tans, come out and f^Gight me like a ^Emman Show your ^Amwife how you won medals down in Flanders Tell her h^Cow the IRA made you ^Grun like hell a^Emway From the gr^Ameen and lovely la^Gkes of Killa^Amshandra

Come ^Amlet me hear you tell how you s^Glammed the brave P^Emarnell And ta^Amught him well and truly persecuted Where a^Cre the stares and jeers that you p^Groudly let us h^Emear When our ^Amheroes of s^Gixteen were ^Amexecuted?

^AmCome out you Black and Tans, come out and f^Gight me like a ^Emman Show your ^Amwife how you won medals down in Flanders Tell her h^Cow the IRA made you ^Grun like hell a^Emway From the gr^Ameen and lovely la^Gkes of Killa^Amshandra

Oh, c^Amome out you British Huns, come out and f^Gight without your g^Emuns Show y^Amour wife how you won medals up in Derry You mur^Cdered sixteen men and you'll ^Gdo the same a^Emgain So g^Amet out of here and ta^Gke your bloody ^Amarmy

^AmCome out you Black and Tans, come out and f^Gight me like a ^Emman Show your ^Amwife how you won medals down in Flanders Tell her h^Cow the IRA made you ^Grun like hell a^Emway From the gr^Ameen and lovely la^Gkes of Killa^Amshandra

The Irish Descendants - The black and tans