Steeleye Span - Bonny Black Hare lyrics

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 can I get a shot at the bonny black hare I met a young girl there, her face like the rose Her skin was as fair as the lily that blows Says I "Me fair maiden, why ramble you so? Can you tell me where the bonny black hare do go?" The answer she gave me, oh the answer was "No But under me apron they say it do go And if you'll not deceive me I'll vow and declare We'll both go together to hunt the bonny black hare" I laid this girl down with her face to the sky I took out me ramrod and me bullets likewise Saying "Wrap your legs round me, dig in with your heels For the closer we get, love, the better it feels" The birds they were singing in the bushes and trees And the song that they sang was "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?" The answer she gave me, oh, the answer was "Nay It's not often young sportsmen like you come this way But if your powder is good and your bullets are fair Why don't you keep firing at the bonny black hare?" "Me powder's all wet and me bullets all spent And I can't fire a shot for it's choked at the vent And I'll be back in the morning if you are still here We'll both go together to hunt the bonny black hare"