[Verse 1]
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I was born on a Dublin street where the Royal drums do beat
Dm
And the loving English feet they walked all over us
F C
And each and every night when me father'd come home tight
Dm C Dm
He'd invite the neighbors outside with this chorus
[Chorus]
Dm
Oh, come out you black and tans
C
Come out and fight me like a man
Dm
Show your wife how you won medals down in Flanders
F C
Tell them how the IRA made you run like hell away
Dm C Dm
From the green and lovely lanes in Killashandra
[Verse 2]
Dm
Come tell us how you slew
C
Those brave Arabs two by two
Dm
Like the Zulus they had spears and bows and arrows
F
How you bravely slew each one
C
With your sixteen pounder gun
Dm C Dm
And you frightened them poor natives to their marrow
[Chorus]
Dm
Oh, come out you black and tans
C
Come out and fight me like a man
Dm
Show your wife how you won medals down in Flanders
F C
Tell them how the IRA made you run like hell away
Dm C Dm
From the green and lovely lanes in Killashandra
[Verse 3]
Dm
Come let me hear you tell
C
How you slandered great Parnell
Dm
When you fought them well and truly persecuted
F
Where are the smears and jeers
C
That you bravely let us hear
Dm C Dm
When our heroes of sixteen were executed
[Chorus]
Dm
Oh, come out you black and tans
C
Come out and fight me like a man
Dm
Show your wife how you won medals down in Flanders
F C
Tell them how the IRA made you run like hell away
Dm C Dm
From the green and lovely lanes in Killashandra
[Verse 4]
Dm
The day is coming fast
C
And the time is here at last
Dm
When each yeoman will be cast aside before us
F
And if there be a need
C
Sure my kids wil sing, "Godspeed!"
Dm C Dm
With a verse or two of Steven Beehan's chorus
[Chorus]
Dm
Oh, come out you black and tans
C
Come out and fight me like a man
Dm
Show your wife how you won medals down in Flanders
F C
Tell them how the IRA made you run like hell away
Dm C Dm
From the green and lovely lanes in Killashandra