Ewan MacColl — Ye Jacobites By Name

[Verse 1] 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, you shall hear Your doctrines I maun blame, you shall hear [Verse 2] 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, for to draw A weak arm and a strang, for to draw [Verse 3] 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, wi' bluidy war Or hunt a Parent's life, wi' bluidy war [Verse 4] Then let your schemes alone, in the state, in the state Then let your schemes alone in the state So 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