Adam Skirving, Johnny Cope (1745)
“ Hey! Johnny Cope, are ye a-waukin' yet? Or are your drums a-beating yet? If ye were waukin' I wad wait, Tae gang tae the coals in the morning. When Johnny Cope tae Dunbar cam, They speired at him, "Where's a' your men" "The de'il confound me gin I ken, For I left them a' in the morning." Hey! Johnny Cope, are ye a-waukin' yet? Or are your drums a-beating yet? If ye were waukin' I wad wait, Tae gang tae the coals in the morning. Now Johnny, troth ye werena blate, Tae come wi' news o' your ain defeat, And leave your men in sic a strait, Sae early in the morning. Hey! ”
