The Wee German Lairdie - Early Scottish Jacobite Song

This one is recorded in the The Book of Scottish Song, and is an early Jacobite Song from the first years of the reign of George I of Hanover, whose hobby was to care for his vegetable patch.
Jacobitism is the belief that the throne of the United Kingdom was unlawfully granted to George of Hanover, and that the line of succession after James II and VII of the house of Stuart was deposed in 1688. Jacobites wish to restore the original line of succession, through James' son.
All main Jacobite claimants are Catholic, and gathered support of persecuted Catholics in the United Kingdom, but also of protestants whose religious freedoms were also threatened under the Anglican monarchs.
In the picture, King James Francis Edward Stuart, the first Jacobite pretender. Song by Alastair McDonald.
Special thanks to Connor for helping me translate it!
Lyrics:
Noo wha the deil ha'e we gotten for a king,
⁠But a wee, wee German lairdie?
And, when we gaed to bring him hame,
⁠He was delving in his kail-yardie:
Sheughing kail, and laying leeks,
But the hose, and but the breeks;
And up his beggar duds he decks-
⁠This wee, wee German lairdie.
And he's clapt down in our gudeman's chair,
⁠The wee, wee German lairdie;
And he's brought fouth o' foreign leeks,
⁠And dibbled them in his yardie.
He's pu'd the rose o' English loons,
And broken the harp o' Irish clowns;
But our thistle taps will jag his thumbs-
⁠This wee, wee Ginnan lairdie.
Come up amang our Highland hills,
⁠Thou wee, wee German lairdie,
And see the Stuart's lang-kail thrive
⁠They dibbled in our yardie:
And if a stock ye dare to pu',
Or haud the yoking o' a plough,
We'll break your sceptre o'er your mou',
⁠Thou wee bit German lairdie.
Our hills are steep, our glens are deep,
⁠Nae fitting for a yardie;
And our Norland thistles winna pu',
⁠Thou wee bit German lairdie:
And we've the trenching blades o' weir,
Wad prune ye o' your German gear-
We'll pass ye 'neath the claymore's shear,
⁠Thou feckless German lairdie!
Auld Scotland, thou'rt ower caald a hole
⁠For nursin' siecan vermin;
But the very dougs o' England's court
⁠They bark and howl in German.
Then keep thy dibble in thy ain hand,
⁠Thy spade but and thy yardie;
For wha the deil ha'e we gotten for a king,
⁠But a wee, wee German lairdie?

[@ExCathedraFBIV]

I know that the Thirty Years War song had more votes and this one wasn't even in the poll, but a recent batch of mail-in votes for another Jacobite song was found in the outskirts of my house, so out of democratic zeal I had to count them. No, you cannot see them. Also, don't forget to hit the bell button!

[@intergalactichumanempire9759]

(!) KZbin fact-checking has proven that the Jacobites have won the election

[@unclesam5230]

LMFAO

[@Roxasguy13]

Any Chinese Catholic Songs for our brothers and sister in the midst of persecution?

[@dottore3870]

Beautiful! Actually I should have said bonny! Scots is a wonderful expressive language that should be taught all along the U.K.

[@dottore3870]

A surge of pro Jacobite votes came in the wee hours of the day when the observers were sent home after stopping the count. Also the voting machines in the crucial districts start counting Jacobite votes over and over. Which is completely legal democratic practice.

[@ColesGingy]

love how it starts off with the German national anthem for the added burn

[@jbcfhnjh547]

I know and no one has mentioned that yet

[@teslashark]

And Rosc Catha Munhaim too

[@Patriotic_Brit]

it makes me skeptical to the authenticity of this song. Because the German national anthem wasn't made until the 1800s.

[@ColesGingy]

@@Patriotic_Brit according to tunearch this song was published in 1800 by Allan Cunningham who was born in 1784

[@Patriotic_Brit]

@@ColesGingy ah ok

[@hallowed]

The fact that they were writing diss tracks this long ago is mind blowing

[@ryanrusch3976]

It's funny to think that the King chillin in his vegetable patch pissed the writer off so much that he had to write a song about it.

[@ExCathedraFBIV]

George I: heehee vegetable patch go pbrrt Random scotsman: I'm ruining this man's whole career

[@fatchins9126]

@@ExCathedraFBIV can't a man just farm his little farm in bloody peace

[@ingold1470]

@John Broadwell I thought it was supposed to be a metaphor for George transplanting all his customs over to Britain. The modern British accent and most of the differences between what is now the US and Britain were created by the Hanoverian court.

[@Nerthos]

Joking aside, there was a very clear separation of tasks among social castes from the second half of the middle ages until the industrial revolution. Much like peasants weren't allowed to own a keep or raise steeds and arms, high nobility wasn't allowed to farm or engage in merchant activity. The king tending his farm in fitting clothes, ad innocuous as it seems today, was a big breach of ettiquette at the time. People have always loved to complain about the little things of eachother's lives, and it hasn't changed today. Just spend 5 minutes on twitter.

[@ingold1470]

@@Nerthos You're probably right, but I wish enough thought was put into this for my high school English class style answer to be true.

[@warswapperproductions72]

Irish Jacobite songs: beautiful, poetic, and magical Scottish Jacobite songs: YE FECKLESS GARDENER

[@seamuswbiggerarmalite3379]

like a man

[@thereasonableman2424]

In true scotsman fashion, it's not that they love the Stuarts, it's that they hate the feckless wee wee german lairde

[@_GOD_HAND_]

"We'll break your scepter over your mouth." That line hits just right.

[@zurgesmiecal]

OK Xenophobe

[@loot_bandit9485]

@@zurgesmiecal Cry more Germanophile

[@zurgesmiecal]

@@loot_bandit9485 ooops I triggered a racist

[@Der_Dekanter]

@@loot_bandit9485 Whats wrong with a fräulein ;)

[@leonrussell9607]

@@zurgesmiecal german isn't a race

[@TheScotsman843]

For the Keeng o'er the water! Tae arms fer Royal Cherlie!

[@jaklm4221]

What do you think of the Bavarian Kings? Franz of Bavaria is Jacobite successor

[@sauronmordor7494]

@@jaklm4221 is Catholique King?

[@azx43]

@@sauronmordor7494 He is bavarian so he is obviously catholique. It could be fun if he claims their revendications on Scotland and Irlande ^^'

[@sauronmordor7494]

@@azx43 noice

[@jaklm4221]

@@sauronmordor7494 We Bavarians are mostly Catholic and conservative

[@Laika27]

Cheers for another Jacobite song! as a Scottish Catholic myself I love hearing Jacobite songs I've not heard before.

[@seamuswbiggerarmalite3379]

here semtex follow the plan brother

[@jaklm4221]

Based Catholic Celt Love from Bavaria

[@seamuswbiggerarmalite3379]

@@jaklm4221 germam confederate yd kill that yankee soldier

[@concars1234]

Scottish Catholic brother Canada still bears the flame. Hello.

[@seamuswbiggerarmalite3379]

@@concars1234 canadistani

[@GeraltofRivia22]

The way he pronounces the words is so damn satisfying.

[@hunterball7938]

If it was said in this way, I probably wouldn't mind if I were a feckless german lairdie

[@AVKnecht]

Funfact: The current jacobite crown pretender is a wee german lairdie called Franz, Herzog von Bayern.

[@ulfskinn1458]

Nae a wee german lairdie, bit a pure tough 'n' richt German prince o' tha Catholic faith is he.

[@v.salles5643]

@@ulfskinn1458 the pretender is catholic but the scots still presbiterian

[@Samuel-wm1xr]

if he doesn't claim the crown, he's not a "pretender"

[@anonymustypewriter6670]

@@v.salles5643 sadly...

[@crumblers_wisdom6423]

good thing nobody needs monarchs anymore.

[@pat7785]

Buddy was just trying to tend to his vegetable patch and got the shit roasted out of him.

[@jackd81]

He was tending in the wrong yard, got rolled up on.

[@wot8839]

Queen Elizabeth II: This year couldn't get any worse Me:

[@Redeemedmed]

Just realised she's just a German lairdie lol

[@seamuswbiggerarmalite3379]

aye

[@Redeemedmed]

@Caden Patton MacAlasdair not talking about genetics buddy , im talking about ancestry

[@Redeemedmed]

@Caden Patton MacAlasdair I agree , but that is (for me at least) when it comes to the general population , whereas ancestry is equal to genetics when it comes to royalty or nobility

[@joekerr9197]

@Caden Patton MacAlasdair It doesn't when it comes to monarchy and succession...

[@jakevolpe]

Scots really is a beautiful language. It's poetic

[@andrewmccloud8581]

And a Germanic language.

[@НовакВукашиновић]

It sounds like sheep being slaughtered.

[@jaklm4221]

@@andrewmccloud8581 Ironic

[@jansobieski6308]

@@andrewmccloud8581 That is incorrect sir.

[@jansobieski6308]

@@НовакВукашиновић Aye, that's how it is meant to sound!

[@samwalker4761]

Find this song amazingly interesting, as I've recently been looking into my families history, and found that my ancestors fought for the Jacobites, under clan Stuart. Admittedly I don't know too much about the rebellion but I'm learning. (That, and I've been buying replicas of Jacobite-era arms for a few years). Love the song!

[@seamuswbiggerarmalite3379]

the general stuart?

[@samwalker4761]

@@seamuswbiggerarmalite3379 To be honest, I'm not overly sure on specific people but as far as I know, my clan was allied to Clan Stuart. I'm afraid finding specific records for the time are really quite difficult though.

[@seamuswbiggerarmalite3379]

@@samwalker4761 aye

[@nbayoungboyneverbrokeagain6520]

Very cool, the Old Pretender is my 5th cousin 10x removed. My 13th great grandaunt married Matthew Stuart who was Lord Darnley’s father. Robert III Stuart of Scotland is my 20th great-grandfather.

[@GAMER123GAMING]

@@nbayoungboyneverbrokeagain6520 Thats class! Is yer more closer ancestors notable?

[@PaulO-re4xx]

Hearing these endangered languages is really beautiful.

[@deanrutherford4063]

Scots isn't endangered by any means. 3.6 million speakers over all of Scotland.

[@annanannee2156]

What do you mean? He sings in english..

[@AveTrainOnDaTrack]

@@annanannee2156 This is not english, it’s Scots a Germanic language closely related to old english found in the Scottish lowlands

[@annanannee2156]

@@AveTrainOnDaTrack he sings in english with a scottish dialect!

[@lusan2836]

@@annanannee2156 He actually doesn’t, he sings in Scots, which is its own language, as a native speaker of Scots I can tell you Scots and English are not the same although similar.

[@guillaume5455]

Love our scotish brothers from France ! 🇨🇵✝️🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[@jaklm4221]

Love our French brothers from Bavaria 🇸🇲✝️

[@thedumbdog1964]

Scotland and France were boys against England forever

[@pierredanielzik2418]

It was a great memory fighting against Russia with you Bavaria

[@sauronmordor7494]

yes

[@romainvicta3076]

Im scottish, welsh and English !

[@johannfurstvongiallio869]

Alastair McDonald. The guy who brought Scottish folk music to life as it was since olden days. Would like you to upload his version of _Charlie Is My Darling_ too.

[@haroldgōdwinessunu]

this is one of his versions, didnt know that!

[@fatchins9126]

When both the Royal Family and the Jacobite pretender are German

[@admiralcannon5691]

The Stuarts were Scottish, though the current claimant is some 5 foot nil dunce from Lichtenstein.

[@fatchins9126]

@@admiralcannon5691 some bavarian if i remember Lichtenstein is German aswell so theres that

[@abeedhal6519]

were, exactly@@admiralcannon5691

[@showdojoaomarco471]

Sophia of Hanover was from the House of Wittelsbach

[@duxxoo]

Never heard this one before...thanks for sharing it

[@azer_marlow3bdl156]

Love you Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 from France 🇫🇷

[@sauronmordor7494]

yessss

[@Kolchak_Enjoyer]

⚜️

[@azer_marlow3bdl156]

@@Kolchak_Enjoyer ✝️⚜️

[@TomorrowWeLive]

Well done for choosing indisputably the best version.

[@thegael1996]

A man of culture I see.

[@duchstitneho]

@@thegael1996 Well, he is certainly not. He's a fascist.

[@jaklm4221]

@@thegael1996 Based.

[@jaklm4221]

@@duchstitneho Doesn't oppose Catholicism

[@thegael1996]

@@duchstitneho I know he is I see him in video comments regularly.

[@mrrhum3311]

I think you've got "clowns" and "loons" reversed in the lyrics. It's "English clouns," which is pejorative, and "Irish louns," which isn't. The Scots word "loun" just means a person and isn't related to the word "loon," meaning lunatic in English. You might call an unfortunate fellow a puir loun. The Jacobites had sympathy for the Catholic Irish and they certainly thought they were puir louns!

[@seamuswbiggerarmalite3379]

what?

[@mrrhum3311]

@@seamuswbiggerarmalite3379 In the song the Catholic Jacobites are criticizing the English for their rough treatment of the Irish, they aren't calling the Irish clowns.

[@seamuswbiggerarmalite3379]

@@mrrhum3311 being a jester make laugh the children is such a honest work

[@nutyyyy]

Also most Scottish Jacobites weren't Catholic that was mostly British government propaganda. The majority of Scottish Jacobites were protestant Episcopalians though there were also many Presbyterians who supported the Jacobite cause despite the connection of the Scottish kirk with unionism and general anti Catholic sentiment later. The most pressing issue for most Scottish Jacobites was the union and its abolition - they wanted a Scottish parliament to be reestablished and the Stewart monarchy to be restored with the pre-1707 three kingdom arrangement that had existed since 1603. The Gaelic Catholics in the Western Highlands were basically scapegoats in the end as the majority of Jacobite supporters came from the Eastern Highlands and Lowlands and were typically Scots or English speakers. In fact the Duke of Argyll reported in 1745 to the government in London that the situation North of the River Tay was so bad that the for every Scot in support of the union and the Hannoverian regime there were at least 9 opposed to it. Most people likely didn't care that much but it is telling that almost all Scots acknowledge the Jacobite takeover and paid their taxes without much fuss and didn't make much of an effort to resist it.

[@seamuswbiggerarmalite3379]

@@nutyyyy aye and i am beowulf and ye are bubulf now we fight n enslave demons like the legendary king salomon

[@galicialodomeria7293]

This song becomes horribly ironic when you realize that the current Jacobite candidate is more German than the actual royal family.

[@libiusperseus]

He IS the actual royal family.

[@billycaspersghost7528]

@@libiusperseus No the Plantaganet candidate would take precedence. He`s a carpenter in London

[@borkerman]

@@billycaspersghost7528 who is he though, link please

[@Sartricis]

@@billycaspersghost7528 he'd only have a right to the English throne, though, not the Scottish throne.

[@foundationofBritain]

Though the funny thing is... England dose not... nor... has ever had... the divine right of Kings. England's line of succession is rather complexes... as on the face of it its just a case of hereditary... which is what the Jacobite's calm... but when you look at the development of the English line of succession... you discover... like with so many things in England... its NOT just a case of hereditary... because of the Norman conquest. England was an elective Monarchy until 1066... what changed?... well the Witan cease to exist, so it became more hereditary... but... the Normans had NO fixed line of succession... it was up to the King to declare an heir... but this proved not to work as... although Henry I declare Matilda his heir... she proved unpopular and so we Crowned Henry's nephew... Steven... the only English King to be Crowned that name... and so England plunged in to civil war... called... the Anarchy... resulting in Steven's victory... but his son died before he did... so came to an agreement with Matilda that her... heir's and successes... will inherit our Crown... so that then starts the Plantagenets. It carry's on until King John... well all known the story... but 1215 is a false start... its the document of 1216 which is the one which all subsequent issues of Magna Carta are derived from... because you take out all the contentious parts out... it then becomes a sort of proto-constitution... and until Edward I... malleus scutulum... Magna Carta had to be reissue... what Edward dose is very smart... he then reissue Magna Carta in return for aid in our wars with the Welsh and Scots... he then setup Parliament... that's Westminster... to basically raise this aid for those wars... but... that's the origin of the English Parliament. Its his son Edward II that things get interesting... as Edward breaks his oath and pays a heavy price for it... he's deposed and his son is Crowned Edward III... its a this point that we got our Kings under the law... and we became a sort of Royal Republic... Richard II dose not realis this and is deposed for breaking his oath... and we then Crowned Henry Bolingbroke, Duke of Lancaster as Henry IV. Its Henry VIII that takes a bold step... which is that he grants Parliament the power to change the line of succession by act of Parliament... which like it or not... by Henry's Third Succession Act... it did legally legitimise both Mary and Elizabeth... at which point... it also excluded Henry's elder sister Margaret, Queen of Scots who would have been next in line. So I understand where the Jacobite's get their calm from... but... that act of Parliament has never been repealed... so despite what Jacobite's calm about the house of Hanover... they themselves have an odd definition of what is an... Illegal Succession... as by law... the Stuart Succession fits the bill of being an... Illegal Succession... the house of Hanover on the other hand... dose not... as it was by an Act of Parliament... the Act of Settlement 1701... which is way before the Acts of Union in 1707... and way before Anne's death in the August of 1714. At the end of the day... The King is who Parliament says it is through a line of succession... BY AN ACT OF PARLIAMENT... simple as... its ether that... or the divine right of Kings... and good look when you get a bad King... as I would like to see you try to justify their deposition and the Crowning of another. The English have Law... what do Jacobite's?... A short sword, and a lang, A weak arm and a strang, for to draw.

[@seraphim_eternal]

Beautiful song! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[@TheVinceLyons]

Dude I love the energy the tone of this song.

[@iiitrifle9895]

Yeah!

[@LuccaMorandin]

*The Jacobite Glory!* ⚜⚔🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿⚜⚔ Remember January 21 - Death of Louis XVI... 📜🥀

[@constantinperez9410]

I didn't know Louis XVI was so well known abroad, as much as to know the date of his sad death. He was an innocent king, and his death was the beginning of the long descent into hell that we know today in France. The republic is nothing but an evil to exterminate. "le roi est mort, vive le Roi !" Vive la France catholique et Royale! Vive le Roy !

[@thekingshussar1808]

@@constantinperez9410 Vive le Roy!

[@sauronmordor7494]

@@constantinperez9410 Je pour Napoléon

[@danielbruceagra9022]

Jacobites and Jacobins are different, the latter are proto-commies, the first are royalists and loyalists

[@thekingshussar1808]

@@danielbruceagra9022 Louis XV, Louis XVI's grandfather helped the Jacobites

[@gabrielalejandrosarmientos527]

Georgie I: **Chilling in his backyard** A random cool jacobite: AND I TOOK THAT PERSONALLY

[@Kolchak_Enjoyer]

YAY A NEW ROMAN CATHOLIC SONG

[@sauronmordor7494]

yes

[@elliceoespanol4848]

Charles II of Spain

[@sauronmordor7494]

@@elliceoespanol4848 ok

[@elliceoespanol4848]

@@sauronmordor7494 Sauron Mordor

[@sauronmordor7494]

@@elliceoespanol4848 What?

[@jfield1367]

“We’ll break your scepter over your mouth” lol nice

[@jakegrant5698]

Utterly savage

[@lucianogalli2947]

Glorious and catholics men were the Stuard.

[@thedank0r162]

T'es-tu quebecois ?

[@lucianogalli2947]

@@thedank0r162 No, I'm argentinian, but I like the Quebec (or french, I'm not secure) flag of the Sacred Heart.

[@freestylevimto3109]

Bonnie Prince Charles secretly converted to Anglicianism and the crime that got James ii removed wasn't trying to be the male Mary the 1st but trying to enforce religious freedom

[@foundationofBritain]

@@freestylevimto3109 their is no evidence of that clam that I've ever heard... but their was an insistence from a high up Tory member that if their were to be a Stuart restoration... they MUST be Crowned as Anglicans or at least as some sort of Protestant. Also... James II got deposed because he broke he's coronation oath... like the rest of the deposed English Kings of the past... NOT because he was trying to enforce religious freedom. There was mostly religious tolerance... for Papists anyway... just not for public officers. England dose not... nor... has ever had... the divine right of Kings. At the end of the day... The King is who Parliament says it is through a line of succession... BY AN ACT OF PARLIAMENT... simple as... its ether that... or the divine right of Kings... and good look when you get a bad King... as I would like to see you try to justify their deposition and the Crowning of another. The English have Law... what do Jacobite's?... A short sword, and a lang, A weak arm and a strang, for to draw.

[@bruleebois2046]

I like this.

[@elvolvasky69]

Catchy song i love it

[@is2941]

"At least we're not speaking german"

[@jaklm4221]

Your gay, mixed race Grandson twerks at Pride Festivals Was WW2 really worth it Henry?

[@baronofbahlingen9662]

@@jaklm4221 Imagine thinking the racial idolatrous, materialist, degenerate, and anti-Christian Nazis should have won.

[@revolucion5398]

@@baronofbahlingen9662 Totally agree. Don't see why people continuously idolize Germany. Both Germany and Russia tore Europe apart for what exactly?? Who nose what the answer is. Anyway God bless you.

[@jaklm4221]

@@baronofbahlingen9662 Let's talk again in 15 years and see if Christendom is doing well in the multicultural, atheist New World

[@baronofbahlingen9662]

@@jaklm4221 as if the nazis would stop it and weren’t a consequence of it. Lol

[@Cacciatore_Raccoglitore]

I didn't know Scottish pronunciation. I love it The R is very musical

[@deumevet]

looks like he is talking about the current wee wee german lairdie.

[@Dryhten1801]

He's more Anglo-Danish

[@deumevet]

@@Dryhten1801 his 2 first lineages are saxon and bavarian so... he is a german learde

[@Dryhten1801]

@@deumevet His grandmother was Scottish, his Mother Germano-Scottish, And his Dad, Danish. Germanic sure but certainly less German than the current Jacobite King, Duke Franz of Bavaria (Francis II)

[@deumevet]

@@Dryhten1801 houses are patrilineal and by rank(kingdom over duchy duchy over county) they are sax-coburg family The duke of bavaria is the same thing, he cames from king james sister. So he is not a stuart.

[@Dryhten1801]

@@deumevet Well yeah the house of stuart in name is extinct

[@Pinochetstan]

A song this epic has never been written since.

[@seamuswbiggerarmalite3379]

mmh... i think that canto dei sanfedisti is epic too

[@rikjacobs8098]

don't forget La Vandeana

[@JackTheSlayer-ok5eq]

Scotland: I love the EU Eu: sorry Scotland, we can't let you in Scotland:

[@seamuswbiggerarmalite3379]

love?? those Z boys?

[@seamuswbiggerarmalite3379]

@THE ASS BLASTER wrong seamus must be that crazy seamus i know em all brotherhood of seamus aye

[@sauronmordor7494]

UE is Germanique Domination

[@fyrwyrd]

Restoring the Stuart crown wouldn't make Scotland independent...

[@80sGenKid]

It's time to put a Stuart back on the Scottish Throne and Drive the English Imposters off the Throne...who's with me lads!?

[@gavblack]

theres 4 million irish immigrants in scotland good luck driving the english anywhere

[@RandomVidsforthought]

​@@gavblackMental Gymnastics

[@gavblack]

@@RandomVidsforthought good luck

[@RandomVidsforthought]

@@gavblack The sarcasm is "killing me"

[@gavblack]

@@RandomVidsforthought there's like 8 million Scottish and Irish combined but the Scottish are Irish foreign invaders to britain, honestly good luck driving the English anywhere :) it never works out well for the Irish

[@marycavender7136]

I love this! I have relatives both German and Scottish!🎼🎵❤️🌹👍❗

[@tomfrazier1103]

I've heard this my whole life, my Mom was into Scotland from 1971 when that hymn, Amazing Grace was played on bagpipes & went almost to #1 on the pop charts. Top 40 is now an antiquarian phrase. I myself was there in the '80s, Highland games at Monterey & Santa Rosa California . I punted learning to pipe, but have tossed a caber or two. The Scottish ruling house, the Stuarts ruled England starting in the 1600s and they were sore at being usurped by parliament. There was a whole Reformation angle to it, as the Stuarts were Roman Catholic.

[@maggi_knorr]

I found some lyrics that (perhaps) could be more fitting with what the singer is actually singing. I bring them here not to cause division, but to help those who feel that the lyrics presented don't quite match the sound: Noo, wha the de'il hae we gotten for a king But a wee bit German lairdie When we cam to bring him hame He was delvin' in his yairdie Sheughin' kail an' layin' leeks But the hose an' but the breeks An' up his beggar duds he cleeks This wee bit German lairdie An' he's clappit doun in our gudeman's chair This wee bit German lairdie He's brocht forth o' foreign trash An' dibbled them in our yairdie He's pruned the rose o' English cloons An' broken the harp o' Irish loons But thistle taps'll jag his thumbs This wee bit German lairdie Come up amang our Hieland Hills Thou wee bit German lairdie See the Stewarts' lang kail thrive They hae dibbled in our yairdie But if a stock ye daur to pu' Or haud the yokin' o' a plough We'll brak your sceptre ower your mou' Thou feckless German lairdie Oor hills are steep, oor glens are deep Nae fittin' for a yairdie The Nor'land thistles willna pu' Thou feckless German lairdie But we've the trenching blades o' weir We'll prune ye o' yer German gear We'll pass ye 'neath the claymore's shear Thou feckless German lairdie Oh Scotland, thou art ca'ed a hole For nursin' siccan vermin The very dugs o' England's court They bark and howl in German So keep thy dibble in thine hand Thy spade but an' thy yairdie For wha the de'il noo rules oor land But a wee bit German lairdie

[@seamuswbiggerarmalite3379]

the hel ye doin here lefty???

[@maggi_knorr]

@@seamuswbiggerarmalite3379 I ain't a lefty...

[@heimdallwg2112]

@@maggi_knorr thank God

[@BrYAn-uu6nm]

@@seamuswbiggerarmalite3379 wtf?

[@keeganowens8949]

Thank you very much. I was hoping for correct lyrics, so I can sing it myself. I do like the translation he used a little, it makes it easier if I show this to friends who don't understand, but I myself can understand perfectly.

[@uhhhscizo6531]

I like how there is are subtitles and a translation for a song that is (mostly) in English and fully understandable

[@CB-fu7hu]

It's scots

[@henrywhyte]

it's not in english, it's in scots, the closest language to english, formed from old english and gaelic.

[@uhhhscizo6531]

@@henrywhyte this is true. but my point was that scots is also an english language, and therefore mutually intelligible

[@tylersullivan5043]

​@@henrywhyteScots descends from Old English exclusively, not Gaelic. Norse influence is much stronger in Scots than any Gaelic influence is

[@xadenelic6994]

It's our time to shine !

[@Kitiwake]

Love it and love the name "Ex Cathedra".

[@marsing69]

support for jacobites from a 🇵🇭😎

[@Kolchak_Enjoyer]

hola hermano

[@RabbiHerschel]

Minor point: I believe the line at 1:33 is supposed to be "thou'rt ower caald a hole", meaning "you are too cold a place".

[@pdnmmdmnblHwbd]

Interesting, I think you're right.

[@nicholasthatcher7143]

England still calls for her rightful monarch

[@kukenkarlsson3607]

No she doesn't.

[@Zeeko76]

@@kukenkarlsson3607 She will in the future - Catholics 📈Anglicans📉 in England.

[@chrstvsrex]

**Terminator Voice** I'll be back ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

[@histori6259]

The most ironic thing is that now the Protestant Royal Family is pretty thoroughly British, whereas the Catholic Jacobite Pretender is a German

[@deanrutherford4063]

Queen Elizabeth the Second is the rightful monarch ever since the Stuarts forfeited the throne in their cowardice.

[@HomebrandFishfood]

I found this because I found some old books with a lot of songs like this and decided to search some of them up. It’s cool to hear the song with tune

[@mikeor-]

Princess Diana was descended from the Jacobites through one of her grandparents (I don't remember which one), but once Prince William becomes King, we will have a monarch descended from both James VII and the Wee Bit German Lairdie. Perhaps then the Jacobites will know some peace, because William will be both part of the Jacobite succession and the current British succession.

[@bruhian_gacha_fnaf]

I may be a Wee bit German lairdie but this song is fire

[@mathiasguillot9576]

🇨🇵⚜️🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[@christ_m0128]

Can you upload Lebanese Catholic Maronite militia songs?

[@rhodoksharpshooter6864]

No, they don't represent catholicism

[@christ_m0128]

@@rhodoksharpshooter6864 how about you let Ex Cathedra decide and the average militiaman did

[@rhodoksharpshooter6864]

@@christ_m0128 i prefer a maronite syriac hymn

[@christ_m0128]

@@rhodoksharpshooter6864 I wouldn't mind either. hope he sees this

[@muammarbinsharif6425]

@@rhodoksharpshooter6864 catholics fighting for survival do not represent catholicism?

[@Nerthos]

Anti-farm sentiment is extreme in scotland. Strange choice of translation wording though, a lot of the original lyrics can be translated directly to English.

[@oscarosullivan4513]

Anti land oligarchy

[@lindenmanmax]

He's not being unfair re: Hanover's obscurity and insignificance. If I were Elector of Hanover, I'd be calling myself Markgraf of Baden on my Tinder profile.

[@lucasvitalsuassunabarreto8511]

Marcando presença brasileira.

[@andre_cinelli]

🇻🇦🇧🇷👍🏼

[@ivanchemnonadnovbogdan-bel7712]

O rei britânico e um Lorde alemão

[@wiel5908]

Sim.

[@wiel5908]

@Marcello Silva sim.

[@sl_721]

🇮🇪🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇧🇷❤️✝️

[@sauronmordor7494]

Jacobite friend of France and Eternel rival of Britich :)

[@andre_cinelli]

bri'ish protestants 🤢

[@sauronmordor7494]

@@andre_cinelli Hérésie!

[@mojowwwav4357]

a common misconception, the Jacobites fought for control of all of the British isles, not for the independence of scotland like some people seem to think in this comment section

[@sauronmordor7494]

@@mojowwwav4357 But British isles Catholique

[@mojowwwav4357]

@@sauronmordor7494 catholics fight catholics, stupid to think the rivalry between the UK and france would change, the 100 years war etc.

[@jatorresh]

A native man to the Isles deserves more right to be King of Scotland instead of a foreign german

[@MaelPlaguecrow6942]

As a person of Irish decent. I have high respect for our Scottish brothers. Keep up the good fight, Scotty.

[@seamuswbiggerarmalite3379]

in erinn the american irish are... nothing they aint irish

[@freedrivespace9275]

@@seamuswbiggerarmalite3379 In Ireland nobody calls Ireland "Erinn" unless we're speaking Irish ya fucking gobshite, but yer dead right anyway

[@seanhartnett79]

Well my uncle is from Galway. And my grandpa was from county cork. I was born in America.

[@seamuswbiggerarmalite3379]

@@seanhartnett79 sorry ye nothin i? i born in erinn B^) not a pretty place today...

[@seanhartnett79]

@@seamuswbiggerarmalite3379 too bad Northern Ireland isn’t free,

[@georgevanhoose6333]

Who else came here after another of the lairdie's posterity died?

[@esticdepas]

Good lord, thank you for the subtitles

[@justinleecw]

The irony is that the U.K. get a German Duke as king even if the Jacobite succession was upheld. I’ll still take Francis over George though.

[@Zeeko76]

Which German Duke would that be?

[@Zeeko76]

@The505Guys A Wittelsbacher, how good that would be!

[@NapoleonAquila]

Francis ? The German priest dude? A priest as a king? No thanks

[@Zeeko76]

@@NapoleonAquila Thanks for your opinion, Napoleonist.

[@maple2524]

A duke insofar that he chose not to use the title of king as a personal preference. Technically speaking, Bavaria is a kingdom, and has been for all of modern history. Should he want to become known as “king”, he’d categorically be within his right to do so. And, as I’m sure you would agree with me, one could scant call a king a German lairdie.

[@Leric-lq8vq]

0:00 The first theme of the Song "Wee German Lairdie" had made the original medley of the German National Anthem

[@katamattyon]

Ironic now the choice is between a British born Glucksburg and a Bavaria based same-sex-married Wittelsbach.

[@GP-zh5gd]

There's always the Percys.

[@olivermcgimpsey841]

Find it funny that the current Jacobite claimant is a German

[@RabbiHerschel]

Reminder that more Scotsmen fought against the Jacobites than fought for them.

[@seamuswbiggerarmalite3379]

demn shame as always

[@pikajew3578]

Stockholm Syndrome.

[@Shaw4123]

Scots always choosing wrong.

[@Scottish_Bible1745]

Lowland Scots were mostly against Jacobites Highland Scots were more Jacobite Leaning

[@Dryhten1801]

@@Scottish_Bible1745 *Scottish chieftains Most of the Highlanders didn't have a choice, they were forced levies called by their chiefs

[@samuelflorenciooliveira1179]

Hello Ex Cathedra, I wanted to recommend you a beautiful Brazilian song about Maria, the name is: "Vitória" by sister Kelly Patrícia

[@koriiwa]

0% Drugs 0% Bad words 0% Sexual words 100% German Lairdie

[@georgedelanoy9548]

Long live Scotland from France , the oldest alliance of the world 🇫🇷✝️

[@maple2524]

The Anglo-Portuguese alliance is older.

[@admiralcannon5691]

The Auld alliance is not only new, compared to the Anglo-Portuguese alliance, it's also null due to Scotland's whole "lack of diplomatic independence" thing they've got going on.

[@maple2524]

@@admiralcannon5691 based kaiser billy

[@jaklm4221]

@@maple2524 He's protestant tho

[@maple2524]

@@jaklm4221 At least he's not a brainlet (jk all prods are brainlets but at least this one knows the Auld Alliance isn't the eldest in the world)

[@ZephLodwick]

King George's been real quiet since this song came.

[@melgibo6946]

Props cause he's dead

[@doc8090]

0:39 it means Irish lads not Irish clowns

[@NuclearUniversity]

LONG LIVE BONNIE PRINCE CHARLIE

[@Kolchak_Enjoyer]

Yes

[@darraghleefranklin5289]

Can you do Irish Catholic songs?

[@liammckenna2930]

Have you ever heard of the Rebels lmfao

[@toompyfloyd4074]

i love it man. God keep you. *+NOBISCVM DEVS+*

[@zonkerdoodle1027]

This man is the OG roaster

[@thegreenmage6956]

They say - in a dialect closer to Anglo-Saxon than the English spoken by the actual English.

[@warswapperproductions72]

That's true, but I believe the majority of the Scottish Jacobites were Gaelic-speaking highlanders.

[@taggymcshaggy6383]

@@warswapperproductions72 not exactly most jacobites were lowland scots. The reason why highland scots were so visible is because the british blamed them as they were a minority

[@warswapperproductions72]

@@taggymcshaggy6383 Really? I was always under the impression that Jacobite support was strongest in the highlands. A while back I read one statistic that said half of the Jacobite soldiers at Culloden were highlanders; unfortunately, I don't have a source.

[@fyrdman2185]

@@taggymcshaggy6383 That is blatantly false, Lowland Scots were the ones who gave the most enthusiastic support for the crown, the majority of the army against the Jacobites were Lowland Scots. And they were also the most enthusiastic supporters for the oppression of the Highlanders, supporting the banning of Gaelic etc.

[@fyrdman2185]

@ayelads Normans weren't a thing by the time of the Jacobite rising and also there weren't enough Normans in England let alone Scotland that they would form an army, they were relegated to the Aristocracy and by the time of the Jacobite rising they've intermarried with the English and Scottish that they've basically integrated to those countries.

[@joodipaddington2811]

wonderful

[@charleswesthoff5954]

I’m glad we got a new Jacobite song

[@warrenlehmkuhleii8472]

Long live Franz Duke of Bavaria!

[@sauronmordor7494]

yes

[@drbonzo6614]

It’s kind of ironic that what started out as pushing against a German monarch has lead to supporting a German claimant.

[@sauronmordor7494]

@@drbonzo6614 yes

[@jaklm4221]

Long live Wittelsbach Kings of Bavaria, Scotland and Greece

[@seamuswbiggerarmalite3379]

bavaria? the confederates!!! i wish i was in the land of

[@nathanielpc1172]

I heard like Deutchland Uber Alles at the first lol

[@jaklm4221]

Horrible how you butchered 3 german words it's Deutschland über alles

[@nathanielpc1172]

@@jaklm4221 i mean the rhymes lol

[@dunkleosteusterrelli]

I like how this needed subtitles

[@aliazarmehralparslan6067]

I like the part where he says "The very **dogs** of **england's court** they **bark** and **howl** in German".

[@Prague5342]

the best line to be sure

[@rodolfoviegas8504]

I really like this "italian" r of the singer.

[@FBnpt1912]

Hanoverians seething rn🥶

[@simonevittus5075]

I am italian but after listening this song i want die for the scotland indipendence

[@Oliver-fb3qw]

This song isn't about Scottish independence, it's actually a unionist song, it's about the Scottish struggle to restore the House of Stuart to the English, Irish and Scottish thrones.

[@eccepasser]

@@Oliver-fb3qw that is not unionism, most jacobites are against the act of union.

[@Oliver-fb3qw]

@@eccepasser True, but it's not an independence song, it supports dynastic union.

[@crusader3442]

@@eccepasser lol they used york flower i think they are unionist

[@eccepasser]

@@crusader3442 unionism is a specific thing in British history. It was the merger of the kingdoms of England and Scotland as a single kingdom not a simple personal union. The Jacobites were against the act of union and wanted their own kingdom in personal union with the crown of England under the Stuart kings

[@Dunkin_Chicken135]

SCOTLAND FOREVER (johnny cope plays on pipes)

[@Superior1995Rex]

Damn bro is spitting bars like Yayo

[@brandonconway3819]

some of the translations are wrong. loons means boys in scottish, not clowns.

[@justforever96]

Almost would have said this was a young Andy Stewart singing. I always thought he had a totally unique voice but this is pretty close. Nice tenor!

[@justforever96]

Although note that I think about it it could be the Watersons I am thinking of.

[@jeandurtal8404]

If we hadn't won WWII, we'd be speaking German, don't you know.

[@seamuswbiggerarmalite3379]

at least we win that one

[@kaidenhall2718]

No we wouldn’t

[@enqrbit]

*Updated version:* Now, who the devil have we gotten for a pretender, but a wee bit German lairdie?

[@seamuswbiggerarmalite3379]

its over lad everything has an end...

[@seamuswbiggerarmalite3379]

its over lad everything has an end...

[@jamiearmstrong3487]

When William or one of his lads sit upon the Throne we will finally have a proper British-born descendent of Robert, the James' and Charles back on the Throne, through illigitement Diana's ancestry.

[@AshlelaVK]

Top 10 diss songs of all time

[@seamuswbiggerarmalite3379]

i just put this song in skyrim in the civil war *the very dogs of cyrodil's court they bark and howl in elven*

[@ChickenNug0]

So beautiful 🇬🇷❤️🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 free Scotland

[@Kerys23a]

I may be Jewish-ish but I am a Jacobite(supporter of Stuart restoration) and member of the 1745 association I pray that G-d will grant courage to the descendants of HRH Charles Edward Stuart to claim the throne that is rightfully theirs.

[@Kerys23a]

@Zoomer Waffen no

[@seamuswbiggerarmalite3379]

hook noze

[@andrewmccloud8581]

It's fine, Elizabeth is a descendant of Charles' protestant forefathers.

[@Kerys23a]

@@andrewmccloud8581 HRH Franz Duke of Bavaria is the rightful King as a direct descendant of HRH Charles 1.

[@andrewmccloud8581]

@@Kerys23a Okay, but that's not how the Royal Line went on and has gone on since the 1600s. Elizabeth is a descendant, it didn't just fall on her lap. If people want to reverse hundreds of years of blood inheritance, so be it, and let HRH Franz, Duke of Bavaria take the British throne. Nothing you have said discredits my point. If you are seriously a 'Jacobite' in the twenty first century, I must say, I have can offer you nothing but pure contempt, as this is probably one of the least contentious topics in the modern world. And, if you do believe in God, and think that he has not delivered the United Kingdom's rightful monarch in three hundred years, does he even care, or is Elizabeth II a monarch who's position is ordained by God himself? Ask yourself that.

[@thefrenchareharlequins2743]

"Britain has the finest trade, the finest armies, the finest navies in the world. And what do we have for royalty? A mad Kraut sausage sucker and a son who can't keep his own sausage to himself." - Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington

[@Jauhl1]

yeah in the comedy series blackadder, in reality he was a conservative monarchist.

[@luiminox9866]

Long live to Christiandom !☦~Deus Vult⚜

[@LaSpataCaroli]

christendom*

[@Nobody-Ever]

Ah, Scots: (modern) English's drunk relative

[@gornfrmn]

This song makes me feel super patriotic for my Scottish heritage, and makes me want to go to Scotland one day.

[@britainman3459]

Yae a sepo?

[@gornfrmn]

@@britainman3459 ?

[@britainman3459]

@@gornfrmn Are you american?

[@gornfrmn]

@@britainman3459 No

[@britainman3459]

@@gornfrmn Just that phrase you said is common among Americans for some odd reason please excuse my mistake

[@stainedglasszealot6231]

Great, thank you for the video's Ex Cathedra!