Dating from 1792, 'Ye Jacobites By Name', is possibly a revision for James Johnson's 'Scots Musical Museum', which is based on the English air, entitled Up, Black-nebs [revolutionaries] by Name.

In 1715, there was an attempted rising by Jacobites against the Hanoverian monarchy. This became known as 'the 15.' Jacobites longed for a restoration of the Stuart dynasty and from 1707 they were ...