Bonny Black Hare
Steeleye Span
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Am C G Am On the 14th of May at the dawn of the dayAm C F Am With me gun on me shoulder to the woods I did strayAm C G Am In search of some game if the weather proved fairAm 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 roseAm C F Am And her skin was a fair as the lily that growsAm C G Am I said ‘Me fair maiden why ramble you so?Am C F Am Can you tell me where the bonny black hare do go?’Am C G Am Oh the answer she gave me her answer was ‘NoAm C F Am But it’s under me apron they say it do goContinues after the adAm C G Am And if you’ll not deceive me I vow and declareAm C F Am We’ll both go together to hunt the bonny black hare.’Am C G Am Well I lay this girl down with her face to the skyAm C F Am And I took out me ramrod and me bullets likewiseAm C G Am I said ‘Lock your legs round me and dig in with your heelsAm C F Am For the closer we get, oh the better it feels.’Am C G Am Well the birds they were singing in the bushes and treesAm C F Am And the song that they sang was ‘She’s easy to please.’Am C G Am I felt her heart quiver and I knew what I’d doneAm C F Am Said I ‘Have you had enough of me old sporting gun?’Am C G Am Well the answer she gave me her answer was ‘NayAm C F Am It’s not often young sportsmen like you come this wayAm C G Am And if your powder is willing and your bullets play fairAm C F Am Why don’t you keep firing at the bonny black hare?’Am C G Am ‘Well me powder is wasted and my bullets all goneAm C F Am Me ramrod is limp and I cannot fire onAm C G Am But I’ll be back in the morning and if you are still hereAm C F Am We’ll both go together again to hunt the bonny black hare.