Ye, Jacobites by name,
lend an ear, lend an ear!
Ye, Jacobites by name,
your faults I will proclaim,
your doctrines I must blame,
you shall hear!
Of kies een abonnement:
Of kies een abonnement:
1.
2.
What's right and what is wrong
by the law, by the law?
What's right and what is wrong,
by short sword or by long,
a weak arm or a strong
for to draw?
by the law, by the law?
What's right and what is wrong,
by short sword or by long,
a weak arm or a strong
for to draw?
3.
What makes heroic strife
famed afar, famed afar?
What makes heroic strife
to whet the assassin's knife,
or haunt a parent's life
with bloody war?
famed afar, famed afar?
What makes heroic strife
to whet the assassin's knife,
or haunt a parent's life
with bloody war?
4.
Then let your schemes alone
in the state, in the state!
Then let your schemes alone,
adore the rising sun,
and leave a man alone
to his fate!
in the state, in the state!
Then let your schemes alone,
adore the rising sun,
and leave a man alone
to his fate!