Johnnie Cope

[INTRO:] Dm

[VERSE 1:]

Cope sent a letter tae Dunbar
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Saying, "Charlie, meet me an ye daur
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And I'll learn ye the arts o' war
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If you meet me in the morning"


[CHORUS:]
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Hey, Johnnie Cope are you wauking yet?
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Or are your drums a-beating yet?
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If ye were wauking, I would wait
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Tae gang tae The Coals in the morning


[VERSE 2:]

Fye, noo Johnnie, gets up and run
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The Hi'land bagpipes mak a din
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It's better tae sleep in a hale skin
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For it'll be a bloody morning


[CHORUS:]
F
Hey, Johnnie Cope are you wauking yet?
   C
Or are your drums a-beating yet?
   F       C        F       C
If ye were wauking, I would wait
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Tae gang tae The Coals in the morning


[VERSE 3:]

When Charlie looked the letter upon
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He drew his sword the scabbard from
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"Follow me, my merry men
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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?
   F       C        F       C
If ye were wauking, I would wait
    Dm           Am           Dm
Tae gang tae The Coals in the morning


[VERSE 4:]

When Johnnie Cope tae Dunbar cam
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They spiered at him, "Where's a' your men?"
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"The De'il confound me, I dinnae ken
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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?
   F       C        F       C
If ye were wauking, I would wait
    Dm           Am           Dm
Tae gang tae The Coals in the morning


[VERSE 5:]

Then, "Faith", quo' Johnnie, "I got sic fegs
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Wi' their claymores and their philabegs
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Cannae face them again, De'il brak ma legs
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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?
   F       C        F       C
If ye were wauking, I would wait
    Dm           Am           Dm
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?
   F       C        F       C
If ye were wauking, I would wait
    Dm           Am           Dm
Tae gang tae The Coals in the morning