Discover the story of the song > Come Out Ye Black & Tans – The Wolfe Tones

The song tells the story of a man from Dublin who is angry at the English for mistreating the Irish people. He sings about how the English soldiers, called "black and tans", came to Ireland and caused trouble. He calls on them to come out and fight him like a man, and sings about the Irish Republican Army (IRA) making them run away. He believes that one day the Irish will be free and the English will be afraid of them.