The Bonny Black Hare Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Verse 1]
[D]On the fourteenth of May at
the dawn of the day
With my gun on my shoulder
to the woods I did stray
In search of some game if
the weather proved fair
To see could I get a shot
at the bonny black hare
Oh, I met a young girl there
with her face as a rose
And her skin was as fair as the lily that blows
I says "My fair maiden,
why mumble you so?
Can you tell [G]me where [D]the bonny
black [C]hare [D]do go?"
Oh, the answer she gave me,
her answer was "No
But it's under me apron they say it do go
And if you'll not deceive me I
vow and declare
We'll both go together to hunt
the [C]bonny black [D]hare"
Well, I laid this girl down with
her [C]face to [D]the sky
And I took out my ramrod and
my bullets likewise
I says "Lock your legs round me
and dig in with your heels
For the closer we get, oh,
the better it feels"
The birds they were singing in
the bushes and trees
And the song that they sang was "Oh,
she's easy to please"
I felt her heart quiver and I
knew what I'd done
Says I "Have you had enough
of my old sporting gun?"
Oh, the answer she gave me,
her answer was "Nay
It's not often young sportsmen
like you come this way
And if your powder is willing
and your bullets play fair
Why don't you keep firing at
the bonny black hare?"
"Oh, my powder is wasted and
my bul[C]lets all [D]gone
My ramrod is limp and I cannot fire on
But I'll be back in the morning
and if you are still [C]here
[D]We'll both go together to
hunt the bonny [C]black [D]hare"