Kattie's answer to wabster Jock/Roger of Coverly

ROGER of COVERLY.

BOLD Britons with courage advance
upon this present occasion;
Revenge your wrongs on proud France,
⁠who threatens you with an invasion.
They say forty thousand they'll land,
⁠and put all the world in wonder,
But, while the Royal Scots are at hand,
⁠we’ll make Monsieur to knock uuder.

 

chorus.

 

⁠Then Monsier come if you dare,
⁠I’ll warrand we'll handle you cleverly,
⁠And shew you what Royal Scots are,
⁠By a dance call’d Roger of Coverly.

Young Roger has left off his plough,
⁠and now he is ploughing the ocean,
And Johnny's a gentleman now,
⁠a soldier in the height of promotion.
His sword for his flail now he's worn,
⁠who every day was a treshing,
But instead of his threshing of corn,
⁠the French he’s cutting and slashing.
⁠Then Monsieur come if you dare, &c.

The Royal Scots they are as good,
⁠as ever was belted in leather,
For their king and their country they stood,
⁠they'll beat or they'll all die together,
In the front of the battle array,
⁠they cruize from their honoured station,
For victory they will lead the way,
⁠to Monsieur's mortification.
⁠Then Monsieur come if you dare, &c.
The ancient South Britons of Wales,
⁠Morgan and the Cock of Carmathen ;
And Taffey cries Cot splat her nails,
⁠for a file bid ashue to her Matam.
Hur's ready with hur sword and gun,
⁠to give Monsieur a good threshing,
Till the last drop of hur blood is run,
⁠hur will die before hur will be beaten.
⁠Then Monsieur come if you dare, &c,
Says Sandy, if I stay at hame,
⁠may the curse of my country attend me,
Says Jamie, if thou go alone,
⁠may the heavens never befriend me;
For my King and my country I'll fight,
⁠so long as fighting's in fashion,
The Thistle and Rose shall unite,
⁠to give Monsieur a good threshing &c.
Hark o'er Hibernia, and far away,
⁠how the merry bagpipes are whistling.
The Highland Lad bonny and gay,
⁠they run for their share of the tilting.
To the Western waves they are bound,
⁠where a deal of deep seas will affright 'em,
Where both French and Spaniards are found,
⁠but with good heart & courage we'll fight 'em.
⁠Then Monsieur come if you dare, &c.

FINIS.