Ye Jacobites by name, give an ear, give an ear!
Ye Jacobites by name, give an ear
Ye Jacobites by name
Your fautes I will proclaim
Your doctrines I maun blame — you shall hear!
What is Right, and what is wrang, by the law, by the law?
What is Right, and what is Wrang, by the law?
What is Right, and what is Wrang?
A short sword and a lang
A weak arm and a strang, for to draw!
What makes heroic strife, famed afar, famed afar?
What makes heroic strife famed afar?
What makes heroic strife?
To whet th' assassin’s knife
Or hunt a Parent’s life, wi bluidy war!
Then let your schemes alone, in the State, in the State!
Then let your schemes alone, in the State!
Then let your schemes alone
Adore the rising sun
And leave a man undone, to his fate!