"The Wee German Lairdie" (EN: The Little German Lording) is a Scottish Jacobite folk song about George I of Great Britain and Ireland. It's sung in Scots, a Scottish language that is very closely related to English.
The Jacobite movement aimed to restore The House of Stuart to the thrones of England, Scotland and Ireland. This was because King George I and his successors were of German heritage, whilst the Stuarts were native to the Isles, being from Scotland. The Jacobites were strongest in Scotland, although still having some support in England and Ireland.
This song first appears in witing in 1810, although being much older. The lyrics insult George I for his German heratige and his apparent (although likely untrue) love for gardening. It describes how Scotland will resist his rule, unlike England's "pruned rose" and Ireland's "broken harp".
