Bonny Black Hare-Fairport Convention

[ti:Bonny Black Hare] [ar:Fairport Convention] [al:History Of Fairport Convention] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.65]On the fourteenth of May at the dawn of the day [00:05.39] [00:09.14]With my gun on my shoulder to the woods I did stray [00:14.19]In search of some game if the weather proved fair [00:18.56]To see could I get a shot at the bonny black hare [00:23.05] [00:26.80]Oh I met a young girl there with her face as a rose [00:31.60]And her skin was as fair as the lily that blows [00:35.59] [00:36.28]I says My fair maiden why mumble you so [00:40.84]Can you tell me where the bonny black hare do go [00:45.39] [00:48.51]Oh the answer she gave me her answer was No [00:53.33]But it's under me apron they say it do go [00:57.89]And if you'll not deceive me I vow and declare [01:03.00]We'll both go together to hunt the bonny black hare [01:07.62] [01:10.43]Well I laid this girl down with her face to the sky [01:15.23]And I took out my ramrod and my bullets likewise [01:19.98]I says Lock your legs round me and dig in with your heels [01:24.78]For the closer we get oh the better it feels [01:29.52] [01:52.46]The birds they were singing in the bushes and trees [01:57.01]And the song that they sang was Oh she's easy to please [02:02.07]I felt her heart quiver and I knew what I'd done [02:06.93]Says I Have you had enough of my old sporting gun [02:11.30] [02:14.36]Oh the answer she gave me her answer was Nay [02:19.41]It's not often young sportsmen like you come this way [02:24.20]And if your powder is willing and your bullets play fair [02:28.95]Why don't you keep firing at the bonny black hare [02:33.50] [02:36.50]Oh my powder is wasted and my bullets all gone [02:41.24] [02:41.87]My ramrod is limp and I cannot fire on [02:46.29]But I'll be back in the morning and if you are still here [02:51.16]We'll both go together to hunt the bonny black hare