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246 JACOBITE
Resentment of my country's fate
Within my filial breast shall beat ;
And, spite of her insulting foe,
My sympathizing verse shall flow.
Mourn, hapless Caledonia, mourn
Thy banish'd peace, thy laurels torn !
YOU'RE WELCOME, CHARLIE STUART.*
You're welcome, Charlie Stuart,
You're welcome, Charlie Stuart,
You're welcome, Charlie Stuart,
There's none so right as thou art.
Had I the power to my will,
Thy foes to scatter, take, and kill,
I'd make thee famous by my quill,
From Billingsgate to Duart.
Thy sympathizing complaisance
Made thee believe intriguing France ;
But wo is me for thy mischance,
That saddens every true heart !
You're welcome, &c.
Had'st thou Culloden's battle won,
Poor Scotland had not been undone,
Nor butcher'd been with sword and gun,
By Lockhart and such cowards.
You're welcome, &c.
* The author of this production is unknown ; but the leading to-
pics introduced, are such as were of the greatest popular interest
after the rebellion in 1745, and prove him to have been an adept in
song writing. The air to which it is sung bears the same name, and
is to be found in almost every collection of Scottish tunes.