The Poetry of Robert Burns Edited by William Ernest Henley and Thomas F. Henderson |
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YE JACOBITES BY NAME |
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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!
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Your fautes I will proclaim,
Your doctrines I maun blame—
You shall hear!
II
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!
III
What makes heroic strifeFamed 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!
IV
Then let your schemes alone,In the State, in the State!
Then let your schemes alone,
In the State!
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Adore the rising sun,
And leave a man undone
To his fate!
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