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Johnny Cock
JOHNIE COCK—C
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Johnny Cock, in a May morning,Sought water to wash his hands,
And he is awa to louse his dogs,
That's tied wi iron bans.
That's tied wi iron bans
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His coat it is of the light Lincum green,And his breiks are of the same;
His shoes are of the American leather,
Silver buckles tying them.
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'He' hunted up, and so did 'he' down,Till 'he' came to yon bush of scrogs,
And then to yon wan water,
Where he slept among his dogs.
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Johnny Cock out-shot a' the foresters,And out-shot a the three;
Out shot a' the foresters,
Wounded Johnny aboun the bree.
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‘Woe be to you, foresters,And an ill death may you die!
For there would not a wolf in a' the wood
have done the like to me.
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‘For’ 't would ha' put its foot in the coll waterAnd ha strinkled it on my bree,
And gin that would not have done,
Would have gane and lett me be.
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‘I often took to my motherThe dandoo and the roe,
But now I'l take to my mother
Much sorrow and much woe.
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‘I often took to my motherThe dandoo and the hare,
But now I'l take to my mother
Much sorrow and much care.’
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