You Jacobites By Name

You jacobites by name, lend an ear, lend an ear
You jacobites by name, lend an ear
You jacobites by name, your faults 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 or a long
A weak arm or strong for to draw, for to draw
A weak arm or strong for to draw

You jacobites by name, lend an ear, lend an ear
You jacobites by name, lend an ear
You jacobites by name, your faults I will proclaim
Your doctrines I must blame, you shall hear, you shall hear
Your doctrines I must blame, you shall hear

What makes heroic strife famed afar, famed afar?
What makes heroic strife famed afar?
What makes heroic strife, to wet the assassin's knife
Or hunt a parent's life with bloody war, bloody war
Or hunt a parent's life with bloody war?

You jacobites by name, lend an ear, lend an ear
You jacobites by name, lend an ear
You jacobites by name, your faults I will proclaim
Your doctrines I must blame, you shall hear, you shall hear
Your doctrines I must blame, you shall hear

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 undone to his fate, to his fate
And leave a man undone to his fate

You jacobites by name, lend an ear, lend an ear
You jacobites by name, lend an ear
You jacobites by name, your faults I will proclaim
Your doctrines I must blame, you shall hear, you shall hear
Your doctrines I must blame, you shall hear