The davitts - Come out ye black and tans lyrics

I was born on a Dublin street where the Royal drums did beat And those loving English feet did walked all over us; Oh and nearly every night, when me Da would come home tight He'd invite the neighbours outside with this chorus; Come out you Black and Tans; Come out and fight me like a man; Show your wife how you won medals down in Flanders; Oh and how the I.R.A. made you run like hell away From the green and lovely lanes of k**eshandra 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 lovely let us hear When our leaders of sixteen were executed Come out you Black and Tans; Come out and fight me like a man; Show your wife how you won medals down in Flanders; Oh and how the I.R.A. made you run like hell away From the green and lovely lanes of k**eshandra Come, tell us how you slew Them ol' Arabs two by two; Like the Zulus, they had spears and bows and arrows; How bravely you faced one With your sixteen pounder gun And you frightened them all natives to their marrow Come out you Black and Tans; Come out and fight me like a man; Show your wife how you won medals down in Flanders; Oh and how the I.R.A. made you run like hell away From the green and lovely lanes of k**eshandra Now, the time is coming fast And I think those days are here When those English johnnies heels will run before us; Oh and, if there be a need Then our kids will say "Godspeed!" With a verse or two of singing this fine chorus Come out you Black and Tans; Come out and fight me like a man; Show your wife how you won medals down in Flanders; Oh and how the I.R.A. made you run like hell away From the green and lovely lanes of k**eshandra Come out you Black and Tans; Come out and fight me like a man; Show your wife how you won medals down in Flanders; Oh and how the I.R.A. made you run like hell away From the green and lovely lanes of k**eshandra