Johnny Cope - Planxty

Hey Johnny cope are ye walking yet

Or are your drums a beating yet

If ye were walking I would wait

Tae gang tae the coals in the morning

Cope sent a challenge from dunbar

Saying Charlie meet me an' ye daur

An' I'll learn ye the art o' war

If you can't meet me in the morning

When Charlie looked his letter upon

Well he drew his sword the scabbard from

Come join with me my merry men

We'll meet Johnny cope in the morning

Johnny be as good as your word come

Let us try baithe fire and sword

And dinna flee like a frichted bird

That's chased frae it's nest and the morning

When Johnny cope he heard of this

When he thought it wadna ba a miss

Tae hae a horse in readiness

Tae flee awa in the morning

Hey Johnny cope are you walking yet

Or are your drums a beating yet

If you were walking I would wait

Tae gang tae the coals in the morning

Find now Johnny

Get up a' rin

From the highland bagpipes make a din

It's best what to sleep in a hale skin

For it will be a bloody morning

When Johnny cope to dunbar cam'

The spiered at him where's a your men

The de'il confound me gin I ken

For I left them a' in the morning

In faith qou Johnny what not play

To come with a news of you own the feet

And lead your man it's such a string

So I'm in the morning

In faith qou Johnny I got sic flags

From their claymores an' the philabegs

And I need them again de'il brak my legs

I feed you up in morning

Hey Johnny cope are you walking yet

Or are your drums a beating yet

If you were walking I would wait

Tae gang tae the coals in the morning