<P> `` 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 although authorship of the song is often attributed to Stephen . The melody was adapted from an old air , Rosc Catha na Mumhan ( Irish for Battlecry of Munster ) by Piaras Mac Gearailt ( Pierce FitzGerald c. 1709 - c. 1792 ) , which is also used for the loyalist song , The Boyne Water , as well as several other songs in English and Irish . </P>
<P> `` 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 although authorship of the song is often attributed to Stephen . The melody was adapted from an old air , Rosc Catha na Mumhan ( Irish for Battlecry of Munster ) by Piaras Mac Gearailt ( Pierce FitzGerald c. 1709 - c. 1792 ) , which is also used for the loyalist song , The Boyne Water , as well as several other songs in English and Irish . </P>
who wrote come out ye black and tans
who wrote come out ye black and tans
Dominic Behan
Dominic Behan