Come out ye Black and Tans, come out and fight me like a man
Show your wives how you won medals down in Flanders
Tell them how the IRA made you run like hell away
From the green and lovely lanes of Killeshandra

Come tell us how you slew them old Arabs two by two
Like Zulus they had spears and bows and arrows
How bravely you faced one with your sixteen-pounder gun
And you’ve frightened them damn natives to the marrow

Come let us hear you tell how you slandered brave Parnell
When you thought him well and truly persecuted
Where are your sneers and jeers that you loudly let us hear
When our leaders of ’16 were executed

Now the time is coming fast and I think them days are here
When each yeoman will be cast aside before us
And if there be a need, im sure our kids will sing god speed
With a verse or two of singing this fine chorus

Come Out Ye Black & Tans

The Wolfe Tones (Hauptdarsteller). Shanachie 1972, MP3-Download, € 0,84

Come Out Ye Black And Tans

Bill Craig (Hauptdarsteller). Emerald Music 2010, MP3-Download, € 0,77

I drink to the death of her manhood
Those men who would rather have died
Than to live in the cold chains of bondage
To bring back their rights once denied
Oh where are you now that we need you
What burns where the flame used to be
Are you gone like the snows of last winter
And will only our rivers run free

How sweet is the life but were crying
How mellow the wine but we’re dry
How fragrant the rose but it’s dying
How gentle the wind but it sighs
What good is in youth when it’s aging
What joy is in eyes that can’t see
When there’s sorrow in sunshine and flowers
And still only our rivers run free