does haughty gaul invasion threat?
tune—“push about the jorum.”
does haughty gaul invasion threat?
then let the louns beware, sir;
there's wooden walls upon our seas,
and volunteers on shore, sir:
the nith shall run to corsincon,
and criffel sink in solway,
ere we permit a foreign foe
on british ground to rally!
we'll ne'er permit a foreign foe
on british ground to rally!
o let us not, like snarling curs,
in wrangling be divided,
till, slap! come in an unco loun,
and wi' a rung decide it!
be britain still to britain true,
amang ourselves united;
for never but by british hands
maun british wrangs be righted!
no! never but by british hands
shall british wrangs be righted!
the kettle o' the kirk and state,
perhaps a clout may fail in't;
but deil a foreign tinkler loun
shall ever ca'a nail in't.
our father's blude the kettle bought,
and wha wad dare to spoil it;
by heav'ns! the sacrilegious dog
shall fuel be to boil it!
by heav'ns! the sacrilegious dog
shall fuel be to boil it!
the wretch that would a tyrant own,
and the wretch, his true-born brother,
who would set the mob aboon the throne,
may they be damn'd together!
who will not sing “god save the king,”
shall hang as high's the steeple;
but while we sing “god save the king,”
we'll ne'er forget the people!
but while we sing “god save the king,”
we'll ne'er forget the people!