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 FoeOn British ground to rally!We’ll ne’er permit a Foreign FoeOn British ground to rally!10
O let us not, like snarling curs,In wrangling be divided,Till, slap! come in an unco loun,And wi’ a rung decide it!Be Britain still to Britain true,Amang ourselves united;For never but by British handsMaun British wrangs be righted!No! never but by British handsShall British wrangs be righted!20
The Kettle o’ the Kirk and State,Perhaps a clout may fail in’t;But deil a foreign tinkler lounShall 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 dogShall fuel be to boil it!By Heav’ns! the sacrilegious dogShall fuel be to boil it!30
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 The People!But while we sing “God save the King,”We’ll ne’er forget The People!40