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To hae a horse in readiness.
To flee awa’i’ the morning.
Hey Johnny Cope, &c.
Fy now Johnny, get up and rin,
The Highland bagpipes make a din,
It’s best to sleep in a hale skin.
For ’twill be a bloody morning.
Hey Johnny Cope &c.
When Johnny Cope to Berwick came,
They spier’d at him, Where’s a' your men?
The de‘il confound me gin I ken
For I left them a’ i’ the morning,
Hey Johnny Cope, &c.
Now Johnny troth ye was nae blate,
To come wi’ the news o’ your ain defeat,
And leave your men in sie a strait.
So early in the morning.
Hey Johnny Cope. &c.
Ah! faith co’ Johnny I got a fleg,
Wi’ their claymores and philabegs,
If I face them again de'l break my legs,
So I wish a’ good morning
Hey Johnny Cope are you waking yet,
Or are your drums ɐ beating yet,
If ye were waking I would wait,
To go to the coals i’ the morning.
FINIS.
