Ye Jacobites by Eddi Reader Lyrics

Ye Jacobites by name, lend an ear, lend an ear
Ye Jacobites by name, lend an ear
Ye Jacobites by name
Your fautes I will proclaim
Your doctrines I must blame, you shall hear
You shall hear
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 lang
A weak arm and a strang, for to draw
For to draw
A weak arm and a strang, for to draw

What makes heroic strife, famed afar, famed afar?
What makes heroic strife famed afar?
What makes heroic strife?
To whet th' assassin's knife
Or haunt a Parent's life, wi' bloody war?
Bluidy war
Or haunt a Parent's life, wi' bloody war?
Then let your schemes alone, in the state, in the state
I let your schemes alone in the state
I let your schemes alone
Adore the rising sun
And leave a man alone, to his fate
To his fate
And leave a man alone, to his fate

Ye Jacobites by name, lend an ear, lend an ear
Ye Jacobites by name, lend an ear
Ye Jacobites by name
Your fautes I will proclaim
Your doctrines I must blame, you shall hear
You shall hear
Your doctrines I must blame, you shall hear