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 Macgillavry.
   Come like a weigh-bauk, Donald Macgillavry,
   Come like a weigh-bauk, Donald Macgillavry,
   Balance them fair, and balance them cleverly:
   Off wi'the counterfeit, Donald Macgillavry.
   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 to Donald Macgillavry.
   Come like a weaver, Donald Macgillavry,
   Come like a weaver, Donald Macgillavry,
   Pack on your back, and elwand sae cleverly;
   Gie them full measure, my Donald Macgillavry.
   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 Macgillavry.
   Come like a tailor, Donald Macgillavry,
   Come like a tailor, Donald Macgillavry,
   Push about, in and out, thimble them cleverly,
   Here's to King James and to Donald Macgillavry.
   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 Macgillavry,
   Come like a cobler, 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 makings were naething, man,
   Lord, how Donald is flyting and fretting, 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!