"d'ye ken john peel?" – which translates to "do you know john peel?" – is a famous cumberland hunting song written around 1824 by john woodcock graves (1795–1886) in celebration of his friend john peel (1776–1854), an english fox hunter from the lake district. the melody is said to be a contrafactum of a popular border rant, "bonnie annie." a different version, the one that endurs today, was musically adapted in 1869 by william metcalfe (1829–1909), the organist and choirmaster of carlisle cathedral. the tune etymology has a long history that has been traced back to 1695 and attributed to adaptations – one in particular, from the 20th century, the 1939 jingle, "pepsi-cola hits the spot."