[INTRO:] Dm
[VERSE 1:]
Cope sent a letter tae Dunbar
C
Saying, "Charlie, meet me an ye daur
FCFC
And I'll learn ye the arts o' war
DmAmDm
If you meet me in the morning"
[CHORUS:]
F
Hey, Johnnie Cope are you wauking yet?
C
Or are your drums a-beating yet?
FCFC
If ye were wauking, I would wait
DmAmDm
Tae gang tae The Coals in the morning
[VERSE 2:]
Fye, noo Johnnie, gets up and run
C
The Hi'land bagpipes mak a din
FCFC
It's better tae sleep in a hale skin
DmAmDm
For it'll be a bloody morning
[CHORUS:]
F
Hey, Johnnie Cope are you wauking yet?
C
Or are your drums a-beating yet?
FCFC
If ye were wauking, I would wait
DmAmDm
Tae gang tae The Coals in the morning
[VERSE 3:]
When Charlie looked the letter upon
C
He drew his sword the scabbard from
FCFC
"Follow me, my merry men
DmAmDm
And we'll meet Johnnie Cope in the morning"
[CHORUS:]
F
Hey, Johnnie Cope are you wauking yet?
C
Or are your drums a-beating yet?
FCFC
If ye were wauking, I would wait
DmAmDm
Tae gang tae The Coals in the morning
[VERSE 4:]
When Johnnie Cope tae Dunbar cam
C
They spiered at him, "Where's a' your men?"
FCFC
"The De'il confound me, I dinnae ken
DmAmDm
For I left them all in the morning"
[CHORUS:]
F
Hey, Johnnie Cope are you wauking yet?
C
Or are your drums a-beating yet?
FCFC
If ye were wauking, I would wait
DmAmDm
Tae gang tae The Coals in the morning
[VERSE 5:]
Then, "Faith", quo' Johnnie, "I got sic fegs
C
Wi' their claymores and their philabegs
FCFC
Cannae face them again, De'il brak ma legs
DmAmDm
And I bid you's all 'Good morning'"
[CHORUS:]
F
Hey, Johnnie Cope are you wauking yet?
C
Or are your drums a-beating yet?
FCFC
If ye were wauking, I would wait
DmAmDm
Tae gang tae The Coals in the morning
[CHORUS:]
F
Hey, Johnnie Cope are you wauking yet?
C
Or are your drums a-beating yet?
FCFC
If ye were wauking, I would wait
DmAmDm
Tae gang tae The Coals in the morning