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, ye shall hear, ye shall hear Your doctrines I maun blame, ye 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 The short sword and the long The weak arm and the strong, for to draw, for to draw The weak arm and the strong, 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 and claim a Parent's life, wi' bloody war, wi' bloody war and claim a paren'ts life, wi' bloody 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, to his fate And leave a man undone to his fate
Ye Jacobites by name, lend an ear, lend an ear Ye Jacobites by name, lend an ear Ye Jacobites by name Your fautes I will proclaim Your doctrines I maun blame, ye shall hear, ye shall hear Your doctrines I maun blame, ye shall hear.