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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. -

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 (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]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 24
Word count: 146

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