The Poetical Works of Robert Burns/Cock up your Beaver

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4637259The Poetical Works of Robert Burns — Cock up your BeaverRobert Burns (1759-1796)

COCK UP YOUR BEAVER.

TUNE—'COCK UP YOUR BEAVER.'

When first my brave Johnnie lad
Came to this town,
He had a blue bonnet
That wanted the crown;
But now he has gotten
A hat and a feather,—
Hey, brave Johnnie lad,
Cock up your beaver!

Cock up your beaver,
And cock it fu' sprush,
We'll over the border
And gie them a brush;
There's somebody there
We'll teach better behaviour—
Hey, brave Johnnie lad,
Cock up your beaver!