Song For Ye, Jacobites
Ton : FCapo 1English
Couplet
F#m Ye Jacobites by name, lend an Aear, give an Eear!
Ye JaF#mcobites by name, lend an ear,
Ye JaAcobites by name,
Your Efautes I will proclaim,
Your docF#mtrines I maun blame - you shall hear!
Couplet
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!
Couplet
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!
Couplet
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!