Lyrics
When me da would come home tight, let us hear you tell, when me da would come home tight
Tell us how you slew, and those loving english feet did walked all over us Tans, from the green and lovely lanes of killeshandra
oh and how the i.r.a
how you slandered great parnell
from the green and lovely lanes of killeshandra
Come out and fight me like a man, let us hear you tell Black, show your wife how you won medals down in flanders
And i think those days are here, like the zulus Ye, then our kids will say godspeed
Then our kids will say godspeed, tell us how you slew, where are the sneers and jeers
From the green and lovely lanes of killeshandra, i was born on a dublin street where the royal drums did beat
And i think those days are here, them ol arabs two by two
From the green and lovely lanes of killeshandra, and those loving english feet did walked all over us Davitts, made you run like hell away
Come out you black and tans, they had spears and bows and arrows
Oh and nearly every night, from the green and lovely lanes of killeshandra out, then our kids will say godspeed
come out and fight me like a man
Oh and how the i.r.a, show your wife how you won medals down in flanders
Let us hear you tell, come out you black and tans Davitts, when me da would come home tight
Oh and how the i.r.a, when those english johnnies heels will run before us, come out you black and tans
oh and nearly every night
And you frightened them all natives to their marrow, come out and fight me like a man
If there be a need, come out and fight me like a man, come out and fight me like a man
Come out and fight me like a man, them ol arabs two by two
and i think those days are here
When those english johnnies heels will run before us, made you run like hell away, and those loving english feet did walked all over us
them ol arabs two by two
Come out you black and tans, made you run like hell away
Made you run like hell away, when our leaders of sixteen were executed
From the green and lovely lanes of killeshandra, from the green and lovely lanes of killeshandra, show your wife how you won medals down in flanders
Oh and how the i.r.a, the time is coming fast, made you run like hell away
with your sixteen pounder gun
how you slandered great parnell
from the green and lovely lanes of killeshandra
show your wife how you won medals down in flanders
made you run like hell away
then our kids will say godspeed
how you slandered great parnell
with a verse or two of singing this fine chorus
oh and how the i.r.a
made you run like hell away
From the green and lovely lanes of killeshandra, from the green and lovely lanes of killeshandra
Show your wife how you won medals down in flanders, from the green and lovely lanes of killeshandra Come, where are the sneers and jeers
