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 moan blame, you shall hear, you shall hear Your doctrines I moan blame, you shall 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, a short sword or a lang A weak arm or a strong, for tae draw, for tae draw A weak arm or a strong, for tae draw
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What makes heroics strife, famed afar, famed afar What makes heroics strife, famed afar What makes heroics strife, to wet the assasins knife Or hunt the parents life wi' bloody war, bloody war Or hunt the parents life wi' bloody war
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Noo let your schemes alone, in the state, in the state Noo let your schemes alone, in the state Noo 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