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Version 1[Verse 1] Dm C 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 Am And every single night when me da would 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 Am 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 let me hear you tell C How you slandered great Parnell Dm When you thought him well and truly persecuted F Where are the sneers and jeers C Am That you loudly 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 Am 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 tell us how you slew C Those ol' Arabs two by two Dm Like the Zulus they had spears and bows and arrows F How you bravely faced one C Am 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 Am 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 Now the time is coming fast C And I think them days are here Dm When each English yeoman he will run before us F And if there be a need C Am Then our kids will say, "Godspeed!" Dm C Dm With a verse or two of singing 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 Am Tell them how the IRA made you run like hell away Dm C Dm From the green and lovely lanes in Killashandra