Donald MacGillivary
Scottish folk
Donald MacGillivary is a traditional Scottish folk song dating back to one of the Jacobite risings, either in 1715 or 1745. MacGillavry of Drumglass is one of the chiefs mentioned in the Chevalier's Muster Roll of 1715, and in the Forty-Five rebellion the powerful clan MacIntosh was led by a Colonel MacGillavry. A bard belonging to this clan may well have writtend the song; on the other hand, the name might have been used as a convenient designation for loyal highlanders.
Donald's gone up the hill hard and hungry,
Donald's come doon the hill, wild and angry!
Donald will clear the gouk's nest cleverly;
Here's to the King and to Donald MacGillavry!
Come like a weighbauk, Donald MacGillavry!
Come like a weighbauk, Donald MacGillavry!
Balance them fair, and balance them cleverly!
Off wi' the counterfeit, Donald MacGillavry!
Donald's run o'er the hill but with his tether, man,
As he were wud, or stang'd with an-ether, man,
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;
Gi' them full measure my Donald MacGillavry!
Donald has foughten wi' rief and rougery;
Donald has dinnered wi' banes and beggary,
Better it were for Whigs and Whiggery:
Meetin' 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 tae King James and to Donald MacGillavry!
Donald's the callan that brooks nae tangleness;
Whigging and prigging, and all newfangledness;
They maun be gane; he winna be baukit, man;
He maun hae Justice, or, faith, he'll take it, man!
Come like a cobbler, Donald MacGillavry!
Come like a cobbler, Donald MacGillavry!
Beat them, and bore them, and lingel them cleverly!
Up wi' King James, and wi' Donald MacGillavry!
Donald was mumpit wi' mirds and mockery,
Donald was blinded wi' blads o'property;
Arles ran high, but makin's were naethin', man!
Lord, how Donald is flyin' and frettin', man!
Come like the devil, Donald MacGillavry!
Come like the devil, Donald MacGillavry!
Skelp them and scaud them that proved sae unbritherly!
Up wi' King James and wi' Donald MacGillavry!