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!e 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