Robert Burns (1759–1796). Poems and Songs.
The Harvard Classics. 1909–14. |
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| 347. Song—Ye Jacobites by Name |
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| YE Jacobites by name, give an 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. | 5 |
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| 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. | 10 |
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| What makes heroic strife, famed afar, famed afar? | |
| What makes heroic strife famed afar? | |
| What makes heroic strife? | |
| To whet th’ assassin’s knife, | |
| Or hunt a Parent’s life, wi’ bluidy war? | 15 |
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| 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. | 20 |
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