Bonnie Black Hare [alt. Take] Lyrics - Fairport Convention

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 me where the bonny black hare 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 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 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 bullets all gone 

My 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 to hunt the bonny black hare" 

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