The Book of Scottish Song/A famous man

A famous man.

[This song is introduced in the national opera of "Rob Roy." The words are taken, with some alterations, from a poem by Wordsworth, written on visiting Rob Roy's grave.]

A famous man was Robin Hood,
The English ballad-singer's joy,
But Scotland has a chief as good,
She has, she has her bold Rob Roy.

A dauntless heart Macgregor shows,
And wondrous length and strength of arm;
He long has quell'd his Highland foes,
And kept, and kept his friends from harm.
A famous man, &c.

His daring mood protects him still,
For this the robber's simple plan,
That they should take who have the will,
And they, and they should keep who can.
A famous man, &c.

And while Rob Roy is free to rove,
In summer's heat and winter's snow,
The eagle he is lord above,
And Rob, and Rob is lord below.
A famous man, &c.

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