Come Out Ye Black And Tans

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I was born on a Dublin street where
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 the Royal drums do beat
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And the loving English feet they 
walked all over us
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And every single night when me da 
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would come home tight
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He'd invite the neighbors outside 
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with this chorus

[Chorus]
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Oh, come out you black and tans
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Come out and fight me like a man
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Show your wife how you won medals 
down in Flanders
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Tell them how the IRA made you run
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 like hell away
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From the green and lovely lanes in
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 Killashandra

[Verse 2]
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Come let me hear you tell
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How you slandered great Parnell
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When you thought him well and truly 
persecuted
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Where are the sneers and jeers
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That you loudly let us hear
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When our heroes of sixteen were 
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executed

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[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
            Am
 like hell away
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From the green and lovely lanes in
      Dm
 Killashandra

[Verse 3]
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Come tell us how you slew
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Those ol' Arabs two by two
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Like the Zulus they had spears and 
bows and arrows
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How you bravely faced one
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With your sixteen pounder gun
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And you frightened them poor 
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natives to their marrow

[Chorus]
         Dm
Oh, come out you black and tans
             C
Come out and fight me like a man
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Show your wife how you won medals 
down in Flanders
           F                     C
Tell them how the IRA made you run
            Am
 like hell away
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From the green and lovely lanes in
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 Killashandra

[Verse 4]
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Now the time is coming fast
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And I think them days are here
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When each English yeoman he will run
 before us
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And if there be a need
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Then our kids will say, "Godspeed!"
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With a verse or two of singing 
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this fine 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
            Am
 like hell away
           Dm              C      
From the green and lovely lanes in
      Dm
 Killashandra