by Robert Burns (1759 - 1796)
Rise up and bar the door
Language: Scottish (Scots)
Does haughty Gaul invasion threat, Then let the louns bewaure, Sir, There 's Wooden Walls upon our seas, And Volunteers on shore, Sir: The Nith shall run to Corsincon, And Criffell sink in Solway, E'er we permit a Foreign Foe On British ground to rally. O, let us not, like snarling tykes, In wrangling be divided, Till slap! come in an unco loun, And wi' a rung decide it! Be Britain still to Britain true, Amang oursels united; For never but by British hands Must British wrongs be righted. The kettle o' the Kirk and State, Perhaps a clout may fail in 't; But deil a foreign tinkler-loun Shall ever ca' a nail in 't: Our Fathers' Blude the kettle bought, And wha wad dare to spoil it, By Heavens, the sacreligious dog Shall fuel be to boil it! The wretch that would a Tyrant own, And the wretch, his true-sworn brother, Who'd set the Mob above the Throne, May they be damn'd together! Who will not sing, God Save The King, Shall hang as high 's the steeple; But while we sing, God Save The King, We'll ne'er forget The People! Fal de ral...
J. Haydn sets stanzas 1, 4
Text 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 (Franz) Joseph Haydn (1732 - 1809), "Rise up and bar the door", JHW. XXXII/4 no. 279, Hob. XXXIa no. 197 (1803), stanzas 1,4 [ voice, violin, cello, and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 33
Word count: 195