CHORUS
Ye Jacobites by name, lend an ear, lend an ear!
Ye Jacobites by name, lend an ear,
Ye Jacobites by name,
Your faults I will proclaim,
Your doctrines I maun blame, you will hear, you will hear,
Your doctrines I maun blame, you will hear.
What‘s right, and what is wrang, by the law, by the law?
What’s right, and what is wrang, by the law?
What’s right, and what is wrang?
The short sword ‘gainst the long,
The weak arm ‘gainst the strong, for to draw, for to draw,
The weak arm ‘gainst the strong for to draw.
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What makes heroic strife, famed afar, famed afar?
What makes heroic strife famed afar?
What makes heroic strife ?
To whet th' assassin's knife,
And haunt a parent's life wi bloody war, bloody war,
And haunt a parent;s life wi bloody war.
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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, to his fate,
And leave a man undone to his fate.
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