Tunng - The Bonny Black Hare lyrics
[Tunng - The Bonny Black Hare lyrics]
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 a face as a rose
And her skin was as fair beneath her clothes
I says "Me fair maiden, why ramble you so?
Can you tell me where the
Bonny black hare did go?"
Oh, the answer she gave me
Her answer was "No
But, it's under me apron they say to go
And if you'll not deceive me
I vow and declare
We'll both go together again to
Hunt the bonny black hare"
Well, I laid this girl down with
Her face to the sky and I took out my ramrod
And my bullets likewise
I says "Lock your pegs 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 bullets are gone
Me ramrod is limp and I cannot fire on
But, I'll be back in the morning
And if you are still here
We'll both go together again to
Hunt the bonny black hare"
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 a face as a rose
And her skin was as fair beneath her clothes
I says "Me fair maiden, why ramble you so?
Can you tell me where the
Bonny black hare did go?"
Oh, the answer she gave me
Her answer was "No
But, it's under me apron they say to go
And if you'll not deceive me
I vow and declare
We'll both go together again to
Hunt the bonny black hare"
Well, I laid this girl down with
Her face to the sky and I took out my ramrod
And my bullets likewise
I says "Lock your pegs 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 bullets are gone
Me ramrod is limp and I cannot fire on
But, I'll be back in the morning
And if you are still here
We'll both go together again to
Hunt the bonny black hare"