Johnny Cope — текст песни (Seven Nations)

Johnny Cope
(Traditional, arranged by Kirk McLeod)

Cope sent a message from Dunbar
Saying Charlie meet me if you dare
And I`ll learn you the art of war
If you`ll meet me in the morning

Hey, now Johnny are you wailin` yet
And are your drums a beatin` yet
If you`re walkin` I would wait
You`re goin` to the coals in the morning

When Charlie looked the letter upon
He drew his sword his scabbard from
Follow me my merry men
And we`ll meet Johnny Cope in the morning

Hey, now Johnny are you wailin` yet
And are your drums a beatin` yet
If you`re walkin` I would wait
You`re goin` to the coals in the morning

When Johnny Cope he heard of this
He thought it wouldn`t be amiss
To have a horse in readiness
To flee far away in the morning

Go no Johnny get up and run
The highland `pipes are making a din
It`s better to sleep in a hail skin
It will be a bloody morning

When Johnny Cope to Dunbar came
He asked of him, "where`s all your men?"
They`ll confound me again and again
For I left them all in the morning

Hey now Johnny you weren`t too late
To come with news of your own defeat
And leave your men in such a state
So early in the morning.