Verse Ye Jacobites by name, give an ear, give an ear Ye Jacobites by name, give an ear Ye Jacobites by name, your faults I will proclaim Your doctrines I will blame, you shall hear, you shall hear Your doctrines I will blame, you shall hear What's right and what is wrong, by the law, by the law What's right and what is wrong, by the law What's right and 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 Ye Jacobites by name, give an ear, give an ear Ye Jacobites by name, give an ear Ye Jacobites by name, your faults I will proclaim Your doctrines I will blame, you shall hear, you shall hear Your doctrines I will blame, you shall hear