Johnny Cope's Breakfast

[Verse 1] Come a' ye Lowland Whigs and hear How Johnnie Cope he got his share, He cam tae learn us Highland dogs But pissed his breeks and ran frae the bogs! [Chorus] Hey the Camerons! Ho the MacDonalds! Clan Ranald's lads and a' Lochiel's! We gied them steel for a' their powder, And Johnnie Cope he showed his heels! [Verse 2] They telt us we were bare-arsed thieves, Wi' nae mair sense than oor ain beeves, But when the pipes struck up at dawn, Their fine wee army soon was gone! [Chorus] Hey the Camerons! Ho the MacDonalds! Clan Ranald's lads and a' Lochiel's! We gied them steel for a' their powder, And Johnnie Cope he showed his heels! [Verse 3] Wee Johnnie boasted o'er his wine He'd hang us a' and steal our kye, But Charlie's men cam through the corn, And Johnnie's breeks were wet and torn! [Chorus] Hey the Camerons! Ho the MacDonalds! Clan Ranald's lads and a' Lochiel's! We gied them steel for a' their powder, And Johnnie Cope he showed his heels! [Verse 4] Yer muskets fired but ance or twice, Oor targes caught them, that's the price, Then in we cam wi' dirk and blade, And a' yer generals hid and prayed! [Chorus] Hey the Camerons! Ho the MacDonalds! Clan Ranald's lads and a' Lochiel's! We gied them steel for a' their powder, And Johnnie Cope he showed his heels! [Verse 5] They ca' us rebels, ca' us rogues, For wearin' plaid instead o' breeks, But wha's the rebel? Wha's the thief? The German lairdie's beyond belief! [Chorus] Hey the Camerons! Ho the MacDonalds! Clan Ranald's lads and a' Lochiel's! We gied them steel for a' their powder, And Johnnie Cope he showed his heels! [Verse 6] So here's tae Charlie, here's tae James, And here's tae a' our clans' guid names, We'll tak the road tae London toon, And a' the Whigs'll sing anither tune! [Final Chorus] Hey the Camerons! Ho the MacDonalds! Clan Ranald's lads and a' Lochiel's! The king shall hae his ain again, And Johnnie Cope can gang tae hell!