Sir Johnnie Cope

Sir Johnnie Cope trod the North right far,

Yet ne'er a rebel he came n'ar;

Until he landed at Dunbar,

Right early in a morning.

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Hey Johnnie Cope are ye wauking yet,

Or are ye sleeping, I wou'd wit.

Make haste and get up, for the drums do beat,

O fie, Cope rise in the morning!

Cope wrote a challenge from Dunbar,

Come meet me, Charlie, if you dare,

If it be not by the chance of war,

I'll gi'e you a merry morning.

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When Charlie look'd the letter on,

He drew his sword the scabbard from:

"So heav'n restore me to my own,

I'll meet you, Cope, in the morning."

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When Johnnie Cope got word o'this,

He thought it wouldna be amiss

To hae a horse in readiness,

Whate'er might hap in the morning.

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But when he saw the Higland lads,

Wi' tartan trews and white cockades,

Wi' swords and guns, and rungs, and gauds,

He gallop'd off in the morning.

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