by Robert Burns (1759 - 1796)
Ye Jacobites by name
Language: Scottish (Scots)
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' bludie 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. -
Authorship:
- by Robert Burns (1759 - 1796) [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by (Henry) Walford Davies, Sir (1869 - 1941), "Ye Jacobites by name", op. 3 (Six Songs) no. 2, published 1897 [ voice and piano ], London : Novello, Ewer, & Co. [sung text not yet checked]
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Word count: 150