I was raised on black and tans
Ronnie Drew and 'Van the Man'
I go off to mass on Sunday
And then it's back to the pub on Monday
I've got a sister Meghan with a Celtic cross tattoo
I'll tell you a few stories and every one of them is true

My mother's, brother's, sister's, cousin's, auntie's
Uncle Barney's, father's, brother had a cousin from Killarney

My great-granddad and his mates
They tried to make it to the States
His great uncle, he was a failure
He got deported off to Australia
So they stowed upon a steamer on the famous White Star Line
I was raised upon these stories since I was the age of nine

My mother's, brother's, sister's, cousin's, auntie's
Uncle Barney's, father's, brother had a cousin from Killarney

Well, my great-uncle, he liked the races
He liked the dogs and steeplechases
His wife, my dear old auntie
She kept a tea-shop way, way down in Bantry
But he fixed a race in Donegal and now he's got to hide
With the sticky buns and cakes and guns and whiskey on the side

My mother's, brother's, sister's, cousin's, auntie's
Uncle Barney's, father's, brother had a cousin from Killarney

I was raised on black and tans
Ronnie Drew and 'Van the Man'
Oh, I go to mass on Sunday
And then it's back to the pub on Monday
I'm from the wrong side of the south side of an Irish neighbourhood
I've never been to Ireland but I know it's in my blood

My mother's, brother's, sister's, cousin's, auntie's
Uncle Barney's, father's, brother had a cousin from Killarney

My mother's, brother's, sister's, cousin's, auntie's
Uncle Barney's, father's, brother had a cousin from Killarney