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When first my brave Johnie lad came to this town,

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He had a blue bonnet that wanted the cro-wn;

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But no-w he has gotten a hat and a feather,

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Hey, brave Johnie lad, cock up your beaver!

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Cock up your beaver, and cock it fu' sprush,

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We'll over the border, and gie them a brush;

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There's so-me-bo-dy there we'll teach better behaviour,

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He-y, brave Johnie lad, cock up your beaver!