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| 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 |
| Here's to the king and Donald McGillavry |
| Come like a weighbauk, Donald McGillavry |
| Come like a weighbauk, Donald McGillavry |
| Balance them fair, and balance them cleverly |
| Off wi'the counterfeit, Donald McGillavry |
| Donald's run o'er the hill but his tether, man |
| As he were wud, or stang'd wi' an ether, man |
| When he comes back, there's some will look merrily |
| Here's to King James and Donald McGillavry |
| Come like a weaver, Donald McGillavry |
| Come like a weaver, Donald McGillavry |
| Pack on your back, and elwand sae cleverly |
| Gie them full measure, my Donald McGillavry |
| Donald has foughten wi' rief and roguery |
| Donald has dinner'd wi banes and beggary |
| Better it were for Whigs and Whiggery |
| Meeting the devil than Donald McGillavry |
| Come like a tailor, Donald McGillavry |
| Come like a tailor, Donald McGillavry |
| Push about, in and out, thimble them cleverly |
| Here's to King James and Donald McGillavry |
| Donald's the callan that brooks nae tangleness |
| Whigging and prigging and a'newfangleness |
| They maun be gane: he winna be baukit, man |
| He maun hae justice, or faith he'll tak it, man |
| Come like a cobler, Donald McGillavry |
| Come like a cobler, Donald McGillavry |
| Beat them, and bore them, and lingel them cleverly |
| Up wi' King James and Donald McGillavry |
| Donald was mumpit wi mirds and mockery |
| Donald was blinded wi' blads o' property |
| Arles ran high, but makings were naething, man |
| Lord, how Donald is flyting and fretting, man |
| Come like the devil, Donald McGillavry |
| Come like the devil, Donald McGillavry |
| Skelp them and scaud them that proved sae unbritherly |
| Up wi King James and Donald Macgillavry! |
Donald McGillavry
Traditional
As recorded by Silly Wizard on So Many Partings