Ye Jacobites By Name.

Tune - "Ye Jacobites by name."


I.

    Ye Jacobites by name, give and 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.

II.

    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.

III.

    What makes heroic strife, fam'd afar, fam'd afar?
        What makes heroic strife, fam'd afar?
            What makes heroic strife?
                To whet th' assassin's knife,
                    Or hunt a parent's life
    Wi' bluidie war.

IV.

    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.