Lyrics

[Intro] The drums of war were sounding far When Johnnie Cope cam tae Dunbar When Johnnie Cope cam tae Dunbar Upon a misty morning [Verse 1] Cope sent a a message tae Dunbar Said; "Charlie meet me if you daur And I'll learn you the arts of war If you'll meet me in the morning" [Chorus] Hey Johnnie Cope are you wauking yet Or are your drums a-beating yet? If you were wauking I would wait Tae gang tae The Coals in the morning [Verse 2] When Charlie looked o' th' letter upon He drew his sword the scabbard from "Come follow me my merry men And we'll meet Johnnie Cope in the morning" [Chorus] Hey Johnnie Cope are you wauking yet Or are your drums a-beating yet? If you were wauking I would wait Tae gang tae The Coals in the morning [Verse 2] When Johnnie Cope he heard o' this He thought it wouldn'ae be amiss To hae a horse in readiness To flee awa' in the morning [Chorus] Hey Johnnie Cope are you wauking yet Or are your drums a-beating yet? If you were wauking I would wait Tae gang tae The Coals in the morning [Verse 3] When Johnnie Cope tae Dunbar came They spiered at him, "where's a' your men?" "The Deil confound me gin I ken For I left them a' this morning." [Chorus] Hey Johnnie Cope are you wauking yet Or are your drums a-beating yet? If you were wauking I would wait Tae gang tae The Coals in the morning [Verse 4] "Faith", quo Johnnie, "I had sic fegs Wi' their claymores and their philabegs If I face them again Deil brak ma legs So I wish you a' good morning." [Chorus] Hey Johnnie Cope are you wauking yet Or are your drums a-beating yet? If you were wauking I would wait Tae gang tae The Coals in the morning [Outro] Hey Johnnie Cope are you wauking yet Or are your drums a-beating yet? If you were wauking I would wait Tae gang tae The Coals in the morning