The Music Of Scotland



    Ye Jacobites By Name

    Ye Jacobites by name give an ear, give an ear
    Ye Jacobites by name give an ear
    Ye Jacobites by name your faults I will proclaim
    Your doctrines I must blame, you shall hear.

    What is right and what is wrong by the law, by the law
    What is right and what is wrong by the law
    What is right and what is wrong, a short sword and a long
    A weak arm and a strong for to draw.

    What makes heroic strife famed afar, famed afar?
    What makes heroic strife famed afar?
    What makes heroic strife, to whet the assassin's knife
    Or hunt a parent's life with bloody war.

    Then leave your schemes alone in the state, in the state
    Then leave your schemes alone in the state
    Then leave your schemes alone, adore the rising sun
    And leave a man alone to his fate.

    Then leave your schemes alone, adore the rising sun
    And leave a man alone to his fate...
    And leave a man alone to his fate.


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