[Intro]
They came on the promise of big money, blood money,
There terrorised the country from east to west, from north to south,
But the Black and Tan gangsters from Dartmoor and Peterhead,
Reckoned without the boys of Barry's Flying Column.

[Verse]
From east to west, from north to south,
They tried to hunt the column out,
But the Tans were forced to go without,
The boys of Barry's Column.

This prison scum in brown and black,
No tanks or war equipment lack,
But o'er the sea they'll ne'er get back,
If they're caught by Barry's Column.

[Chorus]
Oh, but isn't it great to see,
The Tommies and the RIC,
Black and Tans and Staters flee,
Away from Barry's Column.

[Verse]
From prison cells, they came to stay,
And wipe our Irish boys away,
But, oh, their lovely holiday,
Was stopped by Barry's Column.

Lloyd George may have some wily tricks,
On how the Volunteers to fix,
But all his Black and Tans go sick,
To think of Barry's Column.

[Chorus]
Oh, but isn't it great to see,
The Tommies and the RIC,
Black and Tans and Staters flee,
Away from Barry's Column.

[Verse]
Along the lonely road they wind,
Armed in front and armed behind,
"We're sorry, but that bridge was mine",
Said the lads of Barry's Column.

They stopped to rest just for a spell,
Some hand grenades upon them fell,
"Here, share them out among yourselves",
Said the lads from Barry's Column.

[Chorus]
Oh, but isn't it great to see,
The Tommies and the RIC,
Black and Tans and Staters flee,
Away from Barry's Column.