Poems by Robert Burns

Presented by the RBWF

Ye Jacobites by name——–

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.--------

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.----

What makes heroic strife, fam’d afar, fam’d afar?
What makes heroic strife, fam’d afar?
What makes heroic strife?
To whet th' Assassin's knife,
Or hunt a Parent's life
Wi' bluidie war.--------

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.----