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Donald Macgillavry
From MacColl, Folk Songs and Ballads of Scotland A Jacobite Song – same chord progression throughout. The words to the side are pronounciations based on how Andy Stewart sings this song. It is a very rousing song and played at a fast (and exhausting) tempo - but well worth learning. I am still trying to work out the english equivalents for a lot of the Scots phrases. Also, I don't know who Donald Macgillavry was (or if he was a real person), but he sure sounds like a historical figure.Am
Donald's come up the hill hard and hungry,
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Donald’s come down the hill wild and angry;
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Donald will clear the gouk's nest cleverly, gouk = gowk
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Here’s to King James and to Donald Macgillavry
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Come like a weighbauk, Donald Macgillavry, weighbauk = wye-bok
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Come like a weighbauk, Donald Macgillavry,
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Balance them fair, and balance them cleverly:
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Off wi'the counterfeit, Donald Macgillavry.Am
Donald's come o'er the hill but his tether, man,
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As he were wud, or stang'd wi' an ether, man;
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When he comes back, there's some will look merrily:
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Here's to King James and to Donald Macgillavry.
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Come like a weaver, Donald Macgillavry,
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Come like a weaver, Donald Macgillavry,
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Pack on your back, and elwand sae cleverly;
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Gie them full measure, my Donald Macgillavry.Am
Donald has foughten wi' rief and roguery; (rief = rife)
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Donald has dinner'd wi banes and beggary,
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Better it were for Whigs and Whiggery (Whigs = whags)
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Meeting the devil than Donald Macgillavry.
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Come like a tailor, Donald Macgillavry,
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Come like a tailor, Donald Macgillavry,
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Push about, in and out, thimble them cleverly,
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Up wi’ King James and Donald Macgillavry.Am
Donald's the callan that brooks nae tangleness;
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Whigging and prigging and a'newfangleness, Whigging = Whagging Prigging = Pragging
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They maun be gane: he winna be baukit, man:
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He will hae justice, or faith he'll tak it, man.
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Come like a cobbler, Donald Macgillavry,
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Come like a cobbler, Donald Macgillavry;
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Beat them, and bore them, and lingel them cleverly,
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Up wi' King James and Donald Macgillavry.Am
Donald was mumpit wi mirds and mockery;
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Donald was blinded wi' blads o' property;
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Arles ran high, but makings were naething, man,
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Lord, how Donald is flyting and fretting, man.
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Come like the devil, Donald Macgillavry,
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Come like the devil, Donald Macgillavry;
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Skelp them and scaud them that proved sae unbritherly,
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Up wi King James and wi’Donald Macgillavry!