The Wisest Fool - Old Blind Dogs

Murray bowed tae Chairlie

Yokin Atholl tae the plou

Oh, the settin suns o Stewart

Kings and princes since the Bruce

Rode tae Perth tae muster

Aw who hailed the Rover King

And wi weary wark and bluster

Hewed an army frae his kin

If only the wisest fool

Had bad when he first shoud rule

If only the wisest fool

Had bad when he first shoud rule

Henry’s for England

Charles for Spain

Seamus is Alba’s name

Johnny held a tinchel

As the crystal turned tae steel

And the heroes o the Hielands

Filled Braemar wi aw their zeal

Johnny hummed and hawed

Let the loyal Lowlands spile

Back to France, the Rover sailed

Afore the army of Argyll

If only the wisest fool

Had bad when he first shoud rule

If only the wisest fool

Had bad when he first shoud rule

Henry’s for England

Charles for Spain

Seamus is Alba’s name

Clavers slipped the council

As they offered Will the crown

Climbed the law tae find an army

Turned and pulled the Orange down

Though the Hieland targes

Were enough to cow Mackay

Tae the death o Bonnie Dundee

Loyal men had no reply

If only the wisest fool

Had bad when he first shoud rule

If only the wisest fool

Had bad when he first shoud rule

Henry’s for England

Charles for Spain

Seamus is Alba’s name