Loving this.
ElliotSteven adapted the lyrics of Burns anti-war, humanist 'Ye Jacobites by Name' to 'Ye Labourites by Name' stuck it up on the cheesey blog and the delightful Weegiewarbler sitting on a boat somewhere sunny, I presume the Dominican Republic, belted out her take on it...Brilliant!
Ye Labourites by name, lend an ear, lend an ear;
Ye Labourites by name, lend an ear;
Ye Labourites 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.
II.
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 6 month prison term
For them a', for them a'
A 6 month prison term For them a'.
III.
What makes heroic strife, fam'd afar, fam'd afar?
What makes heroic strife, fam'd afar?
What makes heroic strife?
To run wi'oot a fight
And excuse a coward's flite
Wi' bluidie war, bludie war
And excuse a coward's flite wi' bluidie war.
IV.
Then let your schemes alone, in the state, in the state;
Then let your schemes alone in the state;
Then 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.
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5 comments:
bluidy marvellous
She sure belts that out!
The parrot singing along in the background gives it that "Pirates of the Caribbean" flavour.
Good voice. Midge should invite her to sing on stage.
I never thought anybody actually noticed, again sincere apologies to Robert Burns but the girl does a good job.
Changed my name, can't quite work out how all this name thingy works here but you know me as Scottish republic otherwise.
That's great!
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