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JOHNIE COPE.
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beat - ing yet? If
ye were wauk - ing,
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I wad wait To go to the coals i' the morning.
Cope sent a letter frae Dunbar : —
O, Charlie, meet me an ye daur,
And I'll learn you the art o' war,
If you'll meet me in the morning.
Hey, Johnie Cope, are ye wauking yet ?
Or are your drums a-beating yet ?
If ye were wauking, I wad wait
To go to the coals i' the morning. 1
When Charlie look'd the letter upon,
He drew his sword the scabbard from :
Come follow me, my merry merry men,
And we '11 meet Cope in the morning.
Now, Johnie, be as good's your word :
Come let us try both fire and sword ;
And dinna rin away like a frighted bird,
That 's chased frae its nest in the morning. 2
1 The battle-ground lies in the midst of a coal-field from which
Edinburgh had for centuries been supplied with most of the fuel it
required.
2 It is curious to find in this droll Scotch song an image which had
been previously used by Euripides, in the mouth of Polyxena when called
from the tent by the voice of her mother Hecuba :
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O-afAJSii ruh' I|£!rraJ«f.
' I come * * * *
Like a poor bird affrighted from its nest.'
87
i
^
£
££
S
££^9
beat - ing yet? If
ye were wauk - ing,
p3 ^=^ \^ m ^m m
I wad wait To go to the coals i' the morning.
Cope sent a letter frae Dunbar : —
O, Charlie, meet me an ye daur,
And I'll learn you the art o' war,
If you'll meet me in the morning.
Hey, Johnie Cope, are ye wauking yet ?
Or are your drums a-beating yet ?
If ye were wauking, I wad wait
To go to the coals i' the morning. 1
When Charlie look'd the letter upon,
He drew his sword the scabbard from :
Come follow me, my merry merry men,
And we '11 meet Cope in the morning.
Now, Johnie, be as good's your word :
Come let us try both fire and sword ;
And dinna rin away like a frighted bird,
That 's chased frae its nest in the morning. 2
1 The battle-ground lies in the midst of a coal-field from which
Edinburgh had for centuries been supplied with most of the fuel it
required.
2 It is curious to find in this droll Scotch song an image which had
been previously used by Euripides, in the mouth of Polyxena when called
from the tent by the voice of her mother Hecuba :
bHTT 0£V*V,
O-afAJSii ruh' I|£!rraJ«f.
' I come * * * *
Like a poor bird affrighted from its nest.'
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Special collections of printed music > Inglis Collection of printed music > Printed music > Songs of Scotland prior to Burns > (93) Page 87 |
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Description | Scottish and English songs, military music and keyboard music of the 18th and 19th centuries. These items are from the collection of Alexander Wood Inglis of Glencorse (1854 to 1929). Also includes a few manuscripts, some treatises and other books on the subject. |
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Description | The Glen Collection and the Inglis Collection represent mainly 18th and 19th century Scottish music, including Scottish songs. The collections of Berlioz and Verdi collected by bibliographer Cecil Hopkinson contain contemporary and later editions of the works of the two composers Berlioz and Verdi. |
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