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Currie, Janette, and Kirsteen McCue. "Editing The Text And Music Of James Hogg's Songs By The Ettrick Shepherd (1831)." Scottish Studies Review 8.2 (2007): 54-68. Academic Search Premier. Web. 15 Oct. 2013.

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In my initial research on Jacobite Relics I discovered that in the 20th century some of these songs experienced a revival and became popular again.  I checked it out on youtube and found this one which was particularly catchy (the lyrics have been modernized).  The original lyrics appear on pages 53-4 in Jacobite Relics (E-book version available here) are: 

"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.

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.

What makes heroic strife, fam'd afar, fam'd afar?  What makes heroic strife, fam'd afar?  What makes heroic strife?  To whet th' assasin's knife, Or hunt a parent's life Wi' bloody war.

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."

I know nothing about the Scottish language and need to do further research here but, I think it is strange that most of this song appears to be in standard English but a few words are spelled different or are unfamiliar (such as "maun" in the first stanza).  What stronger way to tell the Scottish they have been defeated than to adapt their aural tradition of war songs into written English.

Note: Pay no attention to the details in the "About" section of the video because they are inaccurate as far as the research I have been doing.

Edit: I tried playing the printed music for "Ye Jacobites by Name" and discovered that either this youtube video is an extremely loose interpretation or that this artist chose to only use the lyrics because what I was playing sounded nothing like the recording.