ACT SEDERUNT OF THE SESSION

Tune: Unknown

General Circle Universal Explicit

Source: Horntip Collection - Half-Mind Hymnal 2011

Lyrics

By Robert Burns, contributed by Zippy

In Edinburgh town they’ve made a law, In Edinburgh at the Court o’ Session, That standing pricks a fauteors a’, And guilty of a high transgression.

Chorus: Act Sederunt o’ the Session, Descreet o’ the Court o’ session; The rogues in pouring tears shall weep, By Act Sederunt o’ the session

And they’ve provided dungeons deep, Ilk lass has ane in her possession: Until the wretches wail and weep, There shall they lie for their transgression.

Glossary:

  • Act Sederunt - A piece of general legislation under Scottish law
  • fauteors a’ - offenders all
  • Ilk lass has one - every lass has one
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