In ^G nineteen hundred and sixteen, The ^C Forces ^D of the ^G Crown, To Capture Orange, ^Em White and Green, Bom^Dbarded Dublin ^G Town, But in twenty one, ^Em Britannia's huns, Were ^D forced to earn their ^G pay, When the Black and Tans, Like lightning ran From the ^C rifles of the ^D IR^GA

They ^G burned their way through Munster and Laid ^C Leinster ^D on the ^G rack, Through Connaught and in ^Em Ulster, Marched the men ^D in brown and ^G black, They shot down wives and ^Em child-er-en, In their ^D own heroic ^G way, And the Black and Tans, Like lightning ran From the ^C rifles of the ^D IR^GA

Cork City's flames lit ^Em up the sky, But our ^D brave boys new no ^G fear. The Cork Brigade with ^Em hand grenade In am^Dbush waiting lay^G, And the Black and Tans, Like lightning ran From the ^C rifles of the ^D IR^GA

The ^G tans were got, taken out and shot By the ^C brave and ^D the valiant few, ^G Sean Treacy, Denny, ^Em Lacey, And Tom Barr^Dy's Gallant crew, ^G Though we're not free ye^Emt, we won't forget Un^Dtil our dying ^G day How the Black and Tans, Like lightning ran From the ^C rifles of the ^D IR^GA