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 Send " The Bonny Black Hare" Ringtone to your Cell