Ye Yacobites by name

Ye Jacobites by name, give an ear, lend an ear.
Ye Jacobites by name, give an ear;
Ye Jacobites by name, your fautes I will proclaim,
Yer doctrines I maun blame, you shall hear, you will hear,
Yer doctrines I maun blame, you shall hear.

What is right, what is wrong, by the law, by the law?
What is right and what is wrong by the law?
What is right, what is wrong, a short sword and a long,
A weak arm and a strong for to draw, for to draw.
A weak arm and a strong for to draw.

What makes heroic strife famed afar, famed afar?
What makes heroic strife famed afar?
What makes heroic strife, to whet the assassin's knife,
or hunt a parent's life wi' bloody war, bloody war,
or hunt a parent's life wi' bloody war?

Then leave your schemes alone in the state, in the state,
Then leave your schemes alone in the state,
Then leave 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.