Johnnie Cope

Cope sent a challenge frae Dunbar
 Saying Charlie meet me an'ye daur
 An'I'll learn you the art of war
 If you'll meet me in the mornin'
 hey, Johnníe Cope are ye waukin yet
 Or are your drums a beatin yet
 If ye are waukin I wad wait
 To gang to the coals in the mornin'
 When Charlie look'd theletter upon
 he drew his sword the scabbard from
 'Come follow me, my merry men
 An'we'll meet Johnnie Cope in the mornin'
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 Now Johnnie be as guid as your word
 Come let us try baith fire an'sword
 An'dinna flee like a frichted bird
 That's chas'd frae it's nest in the mornin'
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 When Jonnie Cope he hearr o'this
 He thocht it wadna be amiss
 Tohae a horse in readiness
 To flee awa in the mornin'
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 'Fie Johnnie noo get up and rin
 The highland Bagpipes mak a din
 It's best to sleep in a hale Skin
 For 'twill be a bloody mornin'
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 When Johnnie Cope to Berwick came
 They speir'd at him 'Where's a'your men?'
 'The deil confound me I dinna ken
 For Ileft them a'in the mornin'
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 Now Johnnie trauth ye weren 'y blate
 Tae leave yer men in sic a state
 And come with the News of yer own defeat
 Sae early in the mornin'
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 O'Faith quoth Johnnie I got sic flegs
 Wi'you Claymores and your Philabegs
 If I face them again deil brak my legs
 I wish ye a good mornin'
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