![]() While the song title and lyrics refer to the Black and Tans from the War of Independence, the song itself is a dispute between republican and unionist neighbours in inner-city Dublin in the Irish Free State era of the mid-1920s. 1792), which is also used by the loyalist song The Boyne Water. The melody of the song was adapted by Behan from an old air, Rosc Catha na Mumhan (Irish for "Battlecry of Munster"), by Piaras Mac Gearailt (Pierce FitzGerald, c. At times, the song's authorship has been mistakenly attributed to Stephen Behan. The setting of the song is the Dublin into which Behan was born in the late 1920s, and the main character in the song (who is calling his neighbours "Black and Tans"), is believed to be Behan's father, Stephen Behan, who was a prominent Irish republican, and who had fought in the Irish War of Independence and the Irish Civil War. The date when the song was written is not recorded, but Behan was active as a songwriter from 1958 onwards. The song is attributed to Irish songwriter Dominic Behan, who was born into the literary Behan family in Dublin in 1928 (his brother was Brendan Behan). 4.3 This Time with Alan Partridge (2019). ![]()
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