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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 must blame, you 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
a short sword and a long
A weak arm and a strong for to draw.
What makes heroic strife
famed afar, famed afar?
What makes heroic strife
famed afar?
What makes heroic strife
to whet the assassin's knife
Or hunt a parent's life with bloody war.
Then leave your schemes alone
in the state, in the state
Then leave your schemes alone
in the state
Then leave your schemes alone
adore the rising sun
And leave a man alone to his fate.
Then leave your schemes alone
adore the rising sun
And leave a man alone to his fate...
And leave a man alone to his fate.