Bonny Black Hare
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BONNY BLACK HARE
Am C G Am
On the 14th of May at the dawn of the day
Am C F Am
With me gun on me shoulder to the woods I did stray
Am C G Am
In search of some game if the weather proved fair
Am C F Am
And to see could I get a shot at the bonny black hare.
Am C G Am
Well I met a young girl there with her face as a rose
Am C F Am
And her skin was a fair as the lily that grows
Am C G Am
I said â??Me fair maiden why ramble you so?
Am C F Am
Can you tell me where the bonny black hare do go?â??
Am C G Am
Oh the answer she gave me her answer was â??No
Am C F Am
But itâ??s under me apron they say it do go
Am C G Am
And if youâ??ll not deceive me I vow and declare
Am C F Am
Weâ??ll both go together to hunt the bonny black hare.â??
Am C G Am
Well I lay this girl down with her face to the sky
Am C F Am
And I took out me ramrod and me bullets likewise
Am C G Am
I said â??Lock your legs round me and dig in with your heels
Am C F Am
For the closer we get, oh the better it feels.â??
Am C G Am
Well the birds they were singing in the bushes and trees
Am C F Am
And the song that they sang was â??Sheâ??s easy to please.â??
Am C G Am
I felt her heart quiver and I knew what Iâ??d done
Am C F Am
Said I â??Have you had enough of me old sporting gun?â??
Am C G Am
Well the answer she gave me her answer was â??Nay
Am C F Am
Itâ??s not often young sportsmen like you come this way
Am C G Am
And if your powder is willing and your bullets play fair
Am C F Am
Why donâ??t you keep firing at the bonny black hare?â??
Am C G Am
â??Well me powder is wasted and my bullets all gone
Am C F Am
Me ramrod is limp and I cannot fire on
Am C G Am
But Iâ??ll be back in the morning and if you are still here
Am C F Am
Weâ??ll both go together again to hunt the bonny black hare.
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