Steeleye Span - Bonny Black Hare lyrics
[Steeleye Span - Bonny Black Hare lyrics]
On the fourteenth of May at
The dawn of the day
With me gun on me shoulder to
The woods I did stray
In search of some game if
The weather proved fair
To see can I get a shot
At the bonny black hare
I met a young girl there
Her face like the rose
Her skin was as fair as the lily that blows
Says I "Me fair maiden, why ramble you so?
Can you tell me where the
Bonny black hare do go?"
The answer she gave me, oh the answer was "No
But under me apron they say it do go
And if you'll not deceive me
I'll vow and declare
We'll both go together to hunt
The bonny black hare"
I laid this girl down with
Her face to the sky
I took out me ramrod and me bullets likewise
Saying "Wrap your legs round me
Dig in with your heels
For the closer we get, love
The better it feels"
The birds they were singing in
The bushes and trees
And the song that they sang
Was "She's easy to please, "
I felt her heart quiver and
I knew what I'd done
Says I "Have you had enough
Of me old sporting gun?"
The answer she gave me, oh
The answer was "Nay
It's not often young sportsmen like
You come this way
But, if your powder is good
And your bullets are fair
Why don't you keep firing at
The bonny black hare?"
"Me powder's all wet and me bullets all spent
And I can't fire a shot for
It's choked at the vent
And I'll be back in the morning
If you are still here
We'll both go together to hunt
The bonny black hare"
The dawn of the day
With me gun on me shoulder to
The woods I did stray
In search of some game if
The weather proved fair
To see can I get a shot
At the bonny black hare
I met a young girl there
Her face like the rose
Her skin was as fair as the lily that blows
Says I "Me fair maiden, why ramble you so?
Can you tell me where the
Bonny black hare do go?"
The answer she gave me, oh the answer was "No
But under me apron they say it do go
And if you'll not deceive me
I'll vow and declare
We'll both go together to hunt
The bonny black hare"
I laid this girl down with
Her face to the sky
I took out me ramrod and me bullets likewise
Saying "Wrap your legs round me
Dig in with your heels
For the closer we get, love
The better it feels"
The birds they were singing in
The bushes and trees
And the song that they sang
Was "She's easy to please, "
I felt her heart quiver and
I knew what I'd done
Says I "Have you had enough
Of me old sporting gun?"
The answer she gave me, oh
The answer was "Nay
It's not often young sportsmen like
You come this way
But, if your powder is good
And your bullets are fair
Why don't you keep firing at
The bonny black hare?"
"Me powder's all wet and me bullets all spent
And I can't fire a shot for
It's choked at the vent
And I'll be back in the morning
If you are still here
We'll both go together to hunt
The bonny black hare"