Bonny Black Hare

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On the 14th of May at the dawn 
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of the day

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With me gun on me shoulder to the 
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woods I did stray

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In search of some game if the 
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weather proved fair

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And to see could I get a shot at 
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the bonny black hare.


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Well I met a young girl there with
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 her face as a rose

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And her skin was a fair as the 
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lily that grows

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I said ‘Me fair maiden why ramble 
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you so?

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Can you tell me where the bonny 
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black hare do go?’


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Oh the answer she gave me her 
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answer was ‘No

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But it’s under me apron they say 
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it do go

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And if you’ll not deceive me I vow
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 and declare

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We’ll both go together to hunt the 
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bonny black hare.’


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Well I lay this girl down with her 
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face to the sky

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And I took out me ramrod and me 
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bullets likewise

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I said ‘Lock your legs round me 
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and dig in with your heels

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For the closer we get, oh the 
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better it feels.’


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Well the birds they were singing 
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in the bushes and trees

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And the song that they sang was 
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‘She’s easy to please.’

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I felt her heart quiver and I knew 
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what I’d done

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Said I ‘Have you had enough of me 
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old sporting gun?’


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Well the answer she gave me her 
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answer was ‘Nay

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It’s not often young sportsmen 
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like you come this way

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And if your powder is willing and 
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your bullets play fair

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Why don’t you keep firing at the 
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bonny black hare?’


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‘Well me powder is wasted and my 
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bullets all gone

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Me ramrod is limp and I cannot 
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fire on

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But I’ll be back in the morning 
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and if you are still here

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We’ll both go together again to 
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hunt the bonny black hare.