[Verse]
Praise the brave battalions, who fought the Black and Tans,
From Liffey, Nore, and Shannon, from Lagan, Suir, and Bann,
All honour to those volunteers, who for duty did report,
Yet the best of all our soldiers were the lads of the County Cork.

[Chorus]
Some of them came from Dublin, some of them came from Clare,
Some of them came from Antrim, from Wicklow and Kildare,
Some they came from London, Glasgow and New York,
But the boys who bet the Black and Tans were the boys of the County Cork.

[Verse]
Rifles and revolvers, were all that we possessed,
A stick or two of gelignite, for arms we were hard pressed,
Yet we used them gamely, gainst all that they did sport,
And none had so much bravery as the boys of the County Cork.

[Chorus]
Some of them came from Dublin, some of them came from Clare,
Some of them came from Antrim, from Wicklow and Kildare,
Some they came from London, Glasgow and New York,
But the boys who bet the Black and Tans were the boys of the County Cork.