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