The Poetry Corner

Cock Up Your Beaver.

By Robert Burns

Tune - "Cock up your beaver." I. 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! II. 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!