"Come Out, Ye Black and Tans" (sometimes "Black and Tan") is an Irish rebel song referring to the Black and Tans, the British paramilitary police auxiliary force in Ireland during the 1920s. The song was written by Dominic Behan as a tribute to his father Stephen; often authorship of the song is attributed to Stephen. The melody was adapted from an old air, 'Rosc Catha na Mumhan' Battlecry of Munster (Irish) By Piaras Mac Gearailt (Pierce McGerald c.1709-c.1792) also used for the loyalist song "Boyne Water", as well as several other songs in English and Irish.
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