Song information On this page you can find the lyrics of the song Johnny Cope, artist - The Corries. Album song The Lads Among The Heather Vol.2, in the genre Музыка мира
Date of issue: 31.12.2004
Record label: GB
Song language: English
Johnny Cope |
Chorus |
Hey, Johnnie Cope, are ye wauking yet? |
Or are your drums a-beating yet? |
If ye were wauking I wad wait |
To gang to the coals i' the morning. |
Cope sent a challenge frae Dunbar: |
'Charlie, meet me an' ye daur, |
An' I’ll learn you the art o' war |
If you’ll meet me i' the morning.' |
Chorus |
When Charlie looked the letter upon |
'Come, follow me, my merry merry men, |
And we’ll meet Johnnie Cope i' the morningl |
Chorus |
'Now Johnnie, be as good’s your word; |
Come, let us try both fire and sword; |
And dinna rin like a frichted bird, |
That’s chased frae its nest i' the morning.' |
Chorus |
When Johnnie Cope he heard of this, |
He thought it wadna be amiss |
To hae a horse in readiness, |
To flee awa' i' the morning. |
Chorus |
Fy now, Johnnie, get up an' rin; |
The Highland bagpipes mak' a din; |
It’s best to sleep in a hale skin, |
For 'twill be a bluidy morning. |
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When Johnnie Cope tae Dunbar came, |
They speired at him, 'Where's a' your men?' |
'The deil confound me gin I ken, |
For I left them a' i' the morning. |
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'Now Johnnie, troth, ye werena blate |
To come wi' news o' your ain defeat, |
And leave your men in sic a strait |
Sae early in the morning. |
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'I' faith,' quo' Johnnie, 'I got sic flegs |
Wi' their claymores an' philabegs; |
If I face them again, deil break my legs! |
Sae I wish you a' gude morning'. |
Chorus |