Ye Jacobites by name Lend an ear, lend an ear Ye Jacobites by name, lend an ear Ye Jacobites by name Your faults I will proclaim Your doctrines I must blame Ye shall hear, ye shall hear Your doctrines I must blame, ye shall hear What's a-right and what is wrong By the law, by the law What's a-right and what is wrong by the law? What's a-right and what is wrong? The weak arm and the strong The short sword and the long For to draw, for to draw The short sword and the long for to draw 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 haunt a parent's life With bloody war, bloody war Or haunt a parent's life with bloody war? So let your schemes alone In the state, in the state Aye, let your schemes alone in the state Let your schemes alone Adore the rising sun And leave a man alone To his fate, to his fate Aye, 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 faults I will proclaim Your doctrines I must blame Ye shall hear, ye shall hear Your doctrines I must blame, ye shall hear Ye Jacobites by name Lend an ear, lend an ear Ye Jacobites by name, lend an ear