Raised on Black and Tans

I was raised on

Black & Tans

Ronnie Drew and '

Van the Man'

I go off to mass on

SundayAnd then it's back to the pub on

MondayI've got a sister

MeghanWith a

Celtic cross tattoo

I'll tell you a few stories

And every one of them is true

Chorus:My mother's, brother's, sister's, cousin's, auntie's,

Uncle Barney's, father's, brother had a cousin from

KillarneyMy great-granddad and his mates

They tried to make it to the

StatesHis great uncle, he was a failure

He got deported off to

AustraliaSo they stowed upon a steamer

On the famous

White Star

LineI was raised upon these stories

Since I was the age of nine(Chorus)

Well my great-uncle, he liked the races

He liked the dogs and steeplechases

His wife, my dear old auntie

She kept a teashop way, way down in

BantryBut he fixed a race in

DonegalAnd now he's got to hide

With the sticky buns and cakes and guns

And whiskey on the side(Chorus)

I was raised on

Black & Tans

Ronnie Drew and '

Van the Man'

I go to mass on

SundayAnd then it's back to the pub on

MondayI'm from the wrong side of the south side

Of an Irish neighbourhood

I've never been to

IrelandBut

I know it's in my blood