Hey, Johnnie Cope, Are Ye Waking Yet?

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Hey, Johnnie Cope, are Ye Waking Yet?, also Hey Johnnie Cope, are you awake yet? and Heigh! Johnnie Cowp, are ye wauken yet? is an old Scottish folk song by Adam Skirving that tells of a greatly exaggerated account of the Battle of Prestonpans during the Second Jacobite uprising. John Cope was the commander of the government troops during Prestonpans, and was defeated during a morning raid by the Jacobites.

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[edit] Scots lyrics

Cope sent a challenge frae Dunbar:
Charlie, meet me an' ye daur,
An' I'll learn you the art o' war
If you'll meet me i' the morning.
(Chorus)
Hey, Johnnie Cope, are ye wauking yet?
Or are your drums a-beating yet?
If ye were wauking I wad wait
To gang to the coals i' the morning.
Chorus
When Charlie looked the letter upon
He drew his sword the scabbard from:
('Come, follow me, my merry merry men,
And we'll meet Johnnie Cope i' the morning.
Chorus
Now Johnnie, be as good's your word;
Come, let us try both fire and sword;
And dinna rin like a frichted bird,
That's chased frae its nest i' the morning.'
Chorus
When Johnnie Cope he heard of this,
He thought it wadna be amiss
To hae a horse in readiness,
To flee awa' i' the morning.
Chorus
Fy now, Johnnie, get up an' rin;
The Highland bagpipes mak' a din;
It's best to sleep in a hale skin,
For 'twill be a bluidy morning.
Chorus
When Johnnie Cope tae Dunbar came,
They speired at him, 'Where's a' your men?'
'The deil confound me gin I ken,
For I left them a' i' the morning.
Chorus
'Now Johnnie, troth, ye werena blate
To come wi' news o' your ain defeat,
And leave your men in sic a strait
Sae early in the morning.
Chorus
'I' faith,' quo' Johnnie, 'I got sic flegs
Wi' their claymores an' philabegs;
If I face them again, deil break my legs!
Sae I wish you a' gude morning'.
Chorus

[edit] English lyrics

Cope sent a challenge from Dunbar
"Charlie, meet me an ye dare,
And I'll teach you the art of war
If you meet me in the morning."
When Charlie looked this letter upon
He drew his sword his scabbard from,
Said, "Follow me, my merry men,
We'll meet Johnnie Cope in the morning!"
(Chorus)
Hey, Johnnie Cope, are you waking yet,
Are your drums a-beating yet?
If you were waking, I would wait
To gang to the coals in the morning.
Now Johnnie, be as good as your word
Come try your faith with fire and sword
And don't flee away like a frightened bird
That's chased from its nest in the morning
When Johnnie Cope he heard of this
He thought it would not be amiss
To have a horse in readiness
To flee away in the morning
Chorus
Oh Johnnie, now get scamperin'
The Highland bagpipes make a din
It's best to sleep in your whole skin
It'll be a bloody morning.
When Johnnie Cope to Berwick came
They asked of him, "Where are your men?"
"The divil confound me gin I ken,
For I left them all in the morning."
Chorus
Now Johnnie, troth, you weren't blate
To come with news of your ownn defeat,
And leave your men in sic a strait
Sea early in the morning.
Chorus
"I' faith,' quote Johnnie, "I got sic flegs
Wi' their claymores an' philabegs(kilts);
If I face them again, deil break my legs!
Sae I wish you a' gude morning".
Chorus

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