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Thread #27027   Message #330987
Posted By: GUEST,CraigS
31-Oct-00 - 03:00 AM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: This Is No My Ain House (Jacobite song)
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Jacobite rebellion song
The word "whig" meant a thief, particularly a horse thief (a hanging offence, one might add).

The last verse therefore means "Is it fair to throw a man from the house which he has inherited from his father while damning him for stealing it in the first place?"