Bonny Black Hare(Chords)

	        BONNY BLACK HARE 

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

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

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In search of some game if the weather proved fair 

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


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

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And her skin was a fair as the lily that grows 

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I said â??Me fair maiden why ramble you so? 

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


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Oh the answer she gave me her answer was â??No 

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But itâ??s under me apron they say it do go 

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And if youâ??ll not deceive me I vow and declare 

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Weâ??ll both go together to hunt the bonny black hare.â?? 


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

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And I took out me ramrod and me bullets likewise 

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

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For the closer we get, oh the better it feels.â?? 


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Well the birds they were singing in the bushes and trees 

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And the song that they sang was â??Sheâ??s easy to please.â?? 

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I felt her heart quiver and I knew what Iâ??d done 

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


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Well the answer she gave me her answer was â??Nay 

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Itâ??s not often young sportsmen like you come this way 

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And if your powder is willing and your bullets play fair 

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Why donâ??t you keep firing at the bonny black hare?â?? 


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â??Well me powder is wasted and my bullets all gone 

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Me ramrod is limp and I cannot fire on 

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But Iâ??ll be back in the morning and if you are still here 

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Weâ??ll both go together again to hunt the bonny black hare.
	        

Written by Steeleye Span/Traditional