The Bonnie Black Hare

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 could I get a shot at the bonny black hare

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

Her skin was as fair as the lily that blows

I says me fair maiden, oh why ramble you so

Can you tell me where the bonny black hare do go

Oh the answer she gave me, her answer was no

But under me eye burden all they say it do grow

And if you'll not deceive me, oh I vow and declare

We'll both go together to shoot the bonny black hare

Oh I laid this girl down with her face to the skies

I took out me ramrod and me bullets likewise

I says lock your legs round me and dig in with your heels

For the closer we get love the better it feels

Now the birds they were singing in the bushes and trees

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 me old sporting gun

Oh the answer she gave me, her answer was no

Nay it's not often young sportsmen that you come this way

But if your powder is good and your bullets play fair

Why don't you keep firing at the bonny black hare

Oh me powder is wasted and me bullets all gone

Me ramrod is limber and I cannot fire on

But I'll be back in the morning and if you are still there

We'll both go again to shoot the bonny black hare