Ye Jacobites by Name Jacobite Song On Visit To The Highlands Of Scotland

Tour Scotland travel video of the Ye Jacobites by Name Jacobite song on visit to the Scottish Highlands. Ye Jacobites by Name is a traditional Scottish folk song which goes back to the Jacobite risings in Scotland, from 1688 to 1746 Ye Jacobites by name, give an ear, give an ear, Ye Jacobites by name, give an ear, Ye Jacobites by name, Your fautes I will proclaim, Your doctrines I maun blame, you shall hear, you shall hear Your doctrines I maun blame, you shall hear. What is Right, and What is Wrang, by the law, by the law? What is Right and what is Wrang by the law? What is Right, and what is Wrang? 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' bluidy war? Then let your schemes alone, in the state, in the state, Then let your schemes alone in the state. So let 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 Jacobitism, Scottish Gaelic: Seumasachas,, was a largely 17th and 18th century movement that supported the restoration of the House of Stuart to the British throne. The name is derived from Jacobus, the Latin version of James. All photographs are copyright of Sandy Stevenson, Tour Scotland, and may not be used without permission.

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