A collection of ancient and modern Scottish ballads, etc
A collection of ancient and modern Scottish ballads, etc A collection of ancient and modern Scottish ballads, etc
When Charlie look'd the letter upon, He drew his sword the scabbard from, " Come follow me, my merry merry men. And we'll meet Johnie Coup i' the morning. Hey Johnie Coup, &c. " Now, Johnie, be as good as your word, Come let us try both fire and sword, And dinna rin awa' like a frighted bird. That's chasM frae it's nest in the mornii mornma:. Hey Johnie Coup, &c. When Johnie Coup he heard of this, He thought it wadna be amiss To hae a horse in readiness, '^o flie awa' i' the morning. Hey Johnie Coup, &c. Fy now Johnie get up and rin, The Highland bagpipes makes a drn, It's best to sleep in a hale skin. For 'twill be a bluddie morning. Hey Johnie Coup, &c. When Jghnie^oup to Dunbar came. They speaiPd at him, " Where's a' your men P' ** The deil confound me gin I ken. For I left them a' i' the morning." Hey Johnie Coup, &c. " Now, Johnie, trouth ye was na blate. To come wi' the news o' your ain defeat. And leave your men in sic a strait. So early in the morning." Hey Johnie Coup, &c. " Ah ! faith," co' Johnie, ** I got a fleg, With their claymores and philabegs, If I face them again, deil break my legs. So I wish you a good morning," Hey Johnie Coup, &c.
139 Part I. BALLADS. I0loma«ttc» GIL MORRICE. This ballad is popular througJiout Scotland, and has acqui- red celebrity from having been the ground-work of the tragedy of Douglas. It was printed at Glasgow, for the second time, in 1755, with an advertisement prefixed, in which its preservation was said to be owing " to a lady, who favoured the printers v^ith a copy, as it was care- fully collected from the mouths of old women and nurses ;" and " any reader that can render it more cor- rect or complete," is desired to oblige the public with such improvements. " In consequence of this advertise- ment," says Dr Percy, '< sixteen additional verses have
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When Charlie look'd the letter upon,<br />
He drew his sword the scabbard from,<br />
" Come follow me, my merry merry men.<br />
And we'll meet Johnie Coup i' the morning.<br />
Hey Johnie Coup, &c.<br />
" Now, Johnie, be as good as your word,<br />
Come let us try both fire <strong>and</strong> sword,<br />
And dinna rin awa' like a frighted bird.<br />
That's chasM frae it's nest in the mornii mornma:.<br />
Hey Johnie Coup, &c.<br />
When Johnie Coup he heard <strong>of</strong> this,<br />
He thought it wadna be amiss<br />
To hae a horse in readiness,<br />
'^o flie awa' i' the morning.<br />
Hey Johnie Coup, &c.<br />
Fy now Johnie get up <strong>and</strong> rin,<br />
The Highl<strong>and</strong> bagpipes makes a drn,<br />
It's best to sleep in a hale skin.<br />
For 'twill be a bluddie morning.<br />
Hey Johnie Coup, &c.<br />
When Jghnie^oup to Dunbar came.<br />
They speaiPd at him, " Where's a' your men P'<br />
** The deil confound me gin I ken.<br />
For I left them a' i' the morning."<br />
Hey Johnie Coup, &c.<br />
" Now, Johnie, trouth ye was na blate.<br />
To come wi' the news o' your ain defeat.<br />
And leave your men in sic a strait.<br />
So early in the morning."<br />
Hey Johnie Coup, &c.<br />
" Ah ! faith," co' Johnie, ** I got a fleg,<br />
With their claymores <strong>and</strong> philabegs,<br />
If I face them again, deil break my legs.<br />
So I wish you a good morning,"<br />
Hey Johnie Coup, &c.
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