Does haughty Gaul invasion threat (Burns) (The Lied and Art Song Texts Page: Texts and Translations to Lieder, mélodies, canzoni, and other classical vocal music)


Does haughty Gaul invasion threat,
  Then let the louns bewaure, Sir,
There 's Wooden Walls upon our seas,
  And Volunteers on shore, Sir:
The Nith shall run to Corsincon,
  And Criffell sink in Solway,
E'er we permit a Foreign Foe
  On British ground to rally.

O, let us not, like snarling tykes,
  In wrangling be divided,
Till slap! come in an unco loun,
  And wi' a rung decide it!
Be Britain still to Britain true,
  Amang oursels united;
For never but by British hands
  Must British wrongs 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 Fathers' Blude the kettle bought,
  And wha wad dare to spoil it,
By Heavens, the sacreligious dog
  Shall fuel be to boil it!

The wretch that would a Tyrant own,
  And the wretch, his true-sworn brother,
Who'd set the Mob above 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!
Fal de ral...

Authorship

Robert Burns (1759-1796)

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