2011 · Come Out Ye Black and Tans as performed by Derek Warfield and the Young Wolfe Tones. Come Out, Ye Black and Tans is an Irish rebel song referring to the Black and Tans, or "special reserve constables" , recruited in Great Britain and sent to Ireland from 1920, to reinforce the Royal Irish Constabulary during the Irish War of Independence. Come Out, Ye Black and Tans is an Irish rebel song referring to the Black and Tans, or "special reserve constables" (mainly former World War I army soldiers), recruited in Great Britain and sent to Ireland from 1920, to reinforce the Royal Irish Constabulary (RIC) during the Irish War of Independence.