wizard silly - donald macgillavry lyrics
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, gouk = cuckoo
here’s to the king and donald macgillavry.
come like a weigh-bauk, donald macgillavry, weigh-bauk = scales
come like a weigh-bauk, 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, wud = mad
as he were wud, or stang’d wi’ an ether, man; stung by an adder
when he comes back, there’s some will look merrily:
here’s to king james and to donald macgillavry.
come like a weaver, donald macgillavry,
come like a weaver, donald macgillavry,
pack on your back, and elwand sae cleverly; elwand = measuring rod
gie them full measure, my donald macgillavry.
donald has foughten wi’ rief and roguery; rief = banditry
donald has dinner’d wi banes and beggary, banes = bones
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 to donald macgillavry.
donald’s the callan that brooks nae tangleness; callan = fine fellow
whigging and prigging and a’newfangleness,
they maun be gane: he winna be baukit, man: baukit = balked
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, shoemaker’s thread
up wi’ king james and wi’ donald macgillavry.
donald was mumpit wi’ mirds and mockery; lulled with flattery
donald was blinded wi’ blads o’ property; blads = lots
arles ran high, but makings were naething, man, arles = thrashing
lord, how donald is flyting and fretting, man. flyt = scold
come like the devil, donald macgillavry,
come like the devil, donald macgillavry; skelp = chastise
skelp them and scaud them that proved sae unbritherly, scaud = scold
up wi’ king james and wi’ donald macgillavry!
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