| Lyrics: | Donald Macgillavry
Donald's gane up the hill hard and hungry,
Donald comes down the
hill wild and angry;
Donald will clear the gouk's nest cleverly,
Here's to the king and
Donald Macgillavry.
Come like a weighbauk, Donald Macgillavry,
Come like a
weighbauk, Donald Macgillavry,
Balance them fair, and balance them cleverly:
Off
wi'the counterfeit, Donald Macgillavry.
Donald's run o'er the hill but his tether,
man,
As he were wud, or stang'd wi' an ether, man;
When he comes back, there's some will
look merrily:
Here's to King James and Dnnald Macgillavry.
Come like a weaver, Donald
Macgillavry,
Come like a weaver, Dnnald Macgillavry,
Pack on ynur back, and
elwand sae cleverly;
Gie them full measure, my Donald Macgillavry.
Donald has
foughten wi' rief and roguery;
Donald has dinner'd wi banes and beggary,
Better it were
for Whigs and Whiggery
Meeting the devil than Donald Macgillavry.
Come like a tailor,
Donald Macgillavry,
Come like a tailor, Donald Macgillavry,
Push about, in and
out, thimble them cleverly,
Here's to King James and Donald
Macgillavry.
Donald's the callan that brooks nae tangleness;
Whigging and prigging
and a'newfangleness,
They maun be gane: he winna be baukit, man:
He maun hae justice, or
faith he'll tak it, man.
Come like a cobler, Donald Macgillavry,
Come like a
cobler, Donald Macgillavry;
Beat them, and bore them, and lingel them cleverly,
Up wi' King James and Donald Macgillavry.
Donald was mumpit wi mirds and
mockery;
Donald was blinded wi' blads o' property;
Arles ran high, but makings were
naething, man,
Lord, how Donald is flyting and fretting, man.
Come like the devil,
Donald Macgillavry,
Come like the devil, Donald Macgillavry;
Skelp them and
scaud them that proved sae unbritherly,
Up wi King James and Donald
Macgillavry!
From MacColl, Folk Somgs and Ballads of Scotland
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