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Hey, Johnnie Cope, are Ye Waking Yet?, also Hey Johnnie Cope, are you awake yet?, Heigh! Johnnie Cowp, are ye wauken yet?, or simply "Johnny Cope" is a Scottish
Scotland

conventional_long_name = ScotlandAlba|common_name= Scotland|image_flag = Flag of Scotland.svg|flag_width = 130px...
 folk song.

The song, written by Adam Skirving
Adam Skirving

Adam Skirving , Scotland song writer, was born in Haddington.He became a farmer at Garleton, near Haddington, and died in April 1803. He was buried at Athelstaneford....
, gives an account from the Jacobite viewpoint of the Battle of Prestonpans
Battle of Prestonpans

The Battle of Prestonpans was the first significant conflict in the second Jacobite Rising. The battle took place at 4am on 21 September 1745. The Jacobitism army loyal to James Francis Edward Stuart and led by his son Charles Edward Stuart defeated the army loyal to the Hanoverian George II of England led by John Cope ....
. In the battle, which took place during the Second Jacobite uprising, Sir John Cope was the commander of the government troops, and was defeated in a dawn attack by the Jacobites
Jacobitism

Jacobitism was the political movement dedicated to the restoration of the House of Stuart kings to the thrones of Kingdom of England, Kingdom of Scotland, and Kingdom of Ireland....
.

The song includes several apocryphal incidents, including challenges conveyed by letters between Cope and his rival Bonnie Prince Charlie, as well as exaggerated accounts of Cope's cowardice.






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Hey, Johnnie Cope, are Ye Waking Yet?, also Hey Johnnie Cope, are you awake yet?, Heigh! Johnnie Cowp, are ye wauken yet?, or simply "Johnny Cope" is a Scottish
Scotland

conventional_long_name = ScotlandAlba|common_name= Scotland|image_flag = Flag of Scotland.svg|flag_width = 130px...
 folk song.

The song, written by Adam Skirving
Adam Skirving

Adam Skirving , Scotland song writer, was born in Haddington.He became a farmer at Garleton, near Haddington, and died in April 1803. He was buried at Athelstaneford....
, gives an account from the Jacobite viewpoint of the Battle of Prestonpans
Battle of Prestonpans

The Battle of Prestonpans was the first significant conflict in the second Jacobite Rising. The battle took place at 4am on 21 September 1745. The Jacobitism army loyal to James Francis Edward Stuart and led by his son Charles Edward Stuart defeated the army loyal to the Hanoverian George II of England led by John Cope ....
. In the battle, which took place during the Second Jacobite uprising, Sir John Cope was the commander of the government troops, and was defeated in a dawn attack by the Jacobites
Jacobitism

Jacobitism was the political movement dedicated to the restoration of the House of Stuart kings to the thrones of Kingdom of England, Kingdom of Scotland, and Kingdom of Ireland....
.

The song includes several apocryphal incidents, including challenges conveyed by letters between Cope and his rival Bonnie Prince Charlie, as well as exaggerated accounts of Cope's cowardice. It also includes an account of him fleeing from the battle all the way back to Dunbar
Dunbar

Dunbar is a town in East Lothian on the southeast coast of Scotland, approximately 30 miles east of Edinburgh and 28 miles from the English Border at Berwick-upon-Tweed....
, being the messenger of his own defeat, which is also doubtful. The battle, however, was a decisive victory for the Jacobites.

It has been recorded by The Corries
The Corries

The Corries were a Scotland folk group that emerged from the Scottish roots revival of the early 1960s. Although the group was a trio in the early days, it was as the partnership of Roy Williamson and Ronnie Browne that it is best known....
, Natalie MacMaster
Natalie MacMaster

Natalie MacMaster, Order of Canada is an award-winning fiddler from the rural community of Troy, Nova Scotia in Inverness County, Nova Scotia, Nova Scotia, Canada....
, The Tannahill Weavers
The Tannahill Weavers

The Tannahill Weavers are a popular band who perform traditional Music of Scotland. Releasing their first album in 1976 they're notable for being one of the first popular bands to incorporate the sound of the Great Highland Bagpipe in an ensemble setting, and in doing so helped to change the sound of Scottish traditional music....
 and Planxty
Planxty

Planxty is an Ireland folk music band formed in the 1970s, consisting, in its original configuration, of Christy Moore , D?nal Lunny , Andy Irvine , and Liam O'Flynn ....
. "Johnnie Cope" has been arranged many times for both solo voice and choirs, most notably by Ken Johnston for the National Youth Choir of Scotland
National youth Choir of scotland

The National Youth Choir of Scotland is dedicated to providing high-level singing opportunities for Scotland's young singers. Formed in 1996 as a flagship youth choir, it's activities have since dramatically expanded to include 4 National Choirs; The National Youth Choir of Scotland, NYCoS Training Choir, National Boys Choir and National G...
 and the National Boys' Choir. It was performed at the Glasgow leg of Proms in the Park
The Proms

The Proms, more formally known as The BBC Proms, or The Henry Wood Promenade Concerts presented by the BBC, is an eight-week summer season of daily orchestral european classical music concerts and other events held annually, predominantly in the Royal Albert Hall in South Kensington, London....
 2007, along with other Johnston arrangements.

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