Intro: Dm 

verse 1: 

Cope sent a letter tae Dunbar 
         C 
Saying, "Charlie, meet me an ye daur 
    F          C      F       C 
And I'll learn ye the arts o' war 
       Dm      Am     Dm 
If you meet me in the morning" 


[Refrão]
 
F 
Hey, Johnnie Cope are you wauking yet? 
   C 
Or are your drums a-beating yet? 
   F       C        F       C 
If ye were wauking, I would wait 
    Dm           Am           Dm 
Tae gang tae The Coals in the morning 


verse 2: 

Fye, noo Johnnie, gets up and run 
    C 
The Hi'land bagpipes mak a din 
     F          C          F    C 
It's better tae sleep in a hale skin 
    Dm    Am          Dm 
For it'll be a bloody morning 


[Refrão]
 
F 
Hey, Johnnie Cope are you wauking yet? 
   C 
Or are your drums a-beating yet? 
   F       C        F       C 
If ye were wauking, I would wait 
    Dm           Am           Dm 
Tae gang tae The Coals in the morning 


verse 3: 

When Charlie looked the letter upon 
   C 
He drew his sword the scabbard from 
 F      C      F     C 
"Follow me, my merry men 
          Dm           Am          Dm 
And we'll meet Johnnie Cope in the morning" 


[Refrão]
 
F 
Hey, Johnnie Cope are you wauking yet? 
   C 
Or are your drums a-beating yet? 
   F       C        F       C 
If ye were wauking, I would wait 
    Dm           Am           Dm 
Tae gang tae The Coals in the morning 


verse 4: 

When Johnnie Cope tae Dunbar cam 
     C 
They spiered at him, "Where's a' your men?" 
     F        C           F      C 
"The De'il confound me, I dinnae ken 
      Dm        Am         Dm 
For I left them all in the morning" 


[Refrão]

F 
Hey, Johnnie Cope are you wauking yet? 
   C 
Or are your drums a-beating yet? 
   F       C        F       C 
If ye were wauking, I would wait 
    Dm           Am           Dm 
Tae gang tae The Coals in the morning 


VERSE 5: 

Then, "Faith", quo' Johnnie, "I got sic fegs 
    C 
Wi' their claymores and their philabegs 
       F          C           F       C 
Cannae face them again, De'il brak ma legs 
      Dm        Am        Dm 
And I bid you's all 'Good morning'" 


[Refrão]

F 
Hey, Johnnie Cope are you wauking yet? 
   C 
Or are your drums a-beating yet? 
   F       C        F       C 
If ye were wauking, I would wait 
    Dm           Am           Dm 
Tae gang tae The Coals in the morning 

F 
Hey, Johnnie Cope are you wauking yet? 
   C 
Or are your drums a-beating yet? 
   F       C        F       C 
If ye were wauking, I would wait 
    Dm           Am           Dm 
Tae gang tae The Coals in the morning