Ye jacobites by name

 words and music Robert Burns 

 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 
 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. 

 KEY 

 [bad word]  
 FG 
 
 CG 
 FG 
 

 Background: Song about the Jacobite Revolution of 1746. The song was re-written by Robert Burns in 1791. Patrick D. writes, "I doubt that it is written about the Jacobite Uprising in 1745, and may be more of a warning against Jacobite sympathies and the possible consequences. Alternatively, since it was written in 1791, it could be a warning against Jacobinism during the French revolution".