Johnny Cope (Song & Horn Pipe) chords by
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Key: B major
Intro 1
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Verse 1
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Hey Johnny Cope, are you a- walking yet
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Or are your drums a- beating yet?
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If you were walking, I would wait
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To gang to the coals in the morning
Verse 2
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Cope sent a challenge frae Dunbar
Saying, "Charlie, meet me and you dare
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And I'll learn ye the art o' war
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If ye'll gang with me in the morning"
Verse 3
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When Charlie looked the letter upon
Well, he drew his sword, the scabbard from
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Come join with me, my merry men
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We'll meet Johnny Cope
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in the morning
Verse 4
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"Now Johnny,
be as good as your word
Come, let us try both fire and sword
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And do not flee like a frighted bird
That's chased frae its nest
in the morning"
Verse 5
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When Johnny Cope, he heard of this
Well, he thought it wouldn't be amiss
To have a horse in readiness
To flee awa' in the morning
Verse 6
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Hey Johnny Cope, are you a- walking yet
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Or are your drums a- beating yet?
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If you were walking, I would wait
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To gang to the coals in the morning
Verse 7
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Fye now, Johnny, get up and run
For the Hieland bagpipes make a din
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It's best for tae sleep in a hale skin
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For 'twill be a bloody morning
Verse 8
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When Johnny Cope to Dunbar came
Well, they spiered at him,
"Where's all your men?"
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"The Devil confound me gin I ken
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For I left them all in the morning"
Verse 9
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"In faith now, Johnny, ye were not blate
To come with news of your
own defeat
And leave your men in such a strait
So early in the morning"
Verse 10
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"In faith," quo' Johnny,
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"I got such flegs
From their claymores and their philabegs
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If I meet them again, Devil break my legs
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I'll bid you all good morning"
Verse 11
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Hey Johnny Cope, are you a- walking yet
Or are your drums a- beating yet?
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If you were walking, I would wait
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To gang to the coals in the morning
Outro 1
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