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Four years of hard work!This month of May we celebrated four years on the air. We continue working on the dissemination of this wonderful instrument, thank you for participating in our story!
[Verse 1]
D G D G
In the lowland of Creggan, there lives a white hare,
D G D A
As swift as the swallow that flies through the air.
G D Bm D
You may tramp the world over but none to compare
G D Bm G
to the pride of old Creggan, that bonnie white hare.
[Verse 2]
D G D G
One clear autumn morning, as you will suppose,
D G D A
ohh The red golden sun o’er the green mountain rose.
G D Bm D
Barney Conway came down and he did declare,
G D Bm G
“This day I’ll put an end to the bonnie white hare.”
[Verse 3]
D G D G
so He searched through the lowlands and down through the glens,
D G D A
all among the wild ditches where the white hare had ends,
G D Bm D
Till at last coming down o’er the heather so fair,
G D Bm G
From behind the wild thistle out jumps the white hare.
[Verse 4]
D G D G
“Bang! bang!” went his gun and his dogs it slipped too.
D G D A
As swift as the wind over the green mountain flew.
G D Bm D
But his dog soon came back, and it made Barney sigh,
G D Bm G
For he knew that the white hare had bid him goodbye.
[Verse 5]
D G D G
and We’re some jolly sportsmen down here from Pomeroy
D G D A
From Cookstown, Dungannon, and likewise the Moy.
G D Bm D
With our pedigree greyhounds we’ve travelled from far
G D Bm G
And we’ve come down to Creggan in our fine motor car.
[Verse 6]
D G D G
well into the lowlands these huntsmen did go
D G D A
In search of the white hare they look high and low,
G D Bm D
Till at last Barney Conway from a bog bank so rare
G D Bm G
Shouted out to the huntsmen, “There lies the white hare.”
[Verse 7]
D G D G
so They call up their greyhounds from off the green lea
D G D A
And Barney and the huntsmen all jumped high with glee,
G D Bm D
it was there on the bog bank all gathered around,
G D Bm G
Seven dogs and nine men did that poor hare surround.
[Verse 8]
D G D G
Oh No wonder the white hare did tremble with fear
D G D A
As she stood on her hind legs, she would raise her big ears,
G D Bm D
as she stood on her hind legs with one gallant spring,
G D Bm G
She jumped over the greyhounds and broke through the ring.
[Verse 9]
D G D G
Well that chase It went on, it was beautiful view
D G D A
As swift as the wind o’er the green mountain flew.
G D Bm D
But those pedigree greyhounds, they didn’t run far.
G D Bm G
They come back and went home in their fine motor car.
[Verse 10]
D G D G
Then there came another man and you all know him well;
D G D A
His name was mick kelly with the Bonnie Black Nell.
G D Bm D
oh In search of the white hare, today “I’ll have fun.
G D Bm G
ill bet fifty to one my Black Nell does her turn.”
[Verse 11]
D G D G
Five turns the hare got then from Bonnie Black Nell,
D G D A
And the sixth one was given around John Haughey’s well.
G D Bm D
‘it was there we lost sight of the hare and the dog,
G D Bm G
And then ten minutes later they come o’er the bog.
[Verse 12]
D G D G
Well, that chase it went on. It was great for to see.
D G D A
The white hare and the black dog both roamed light and free,
G D Bm D
Till she travelled to Esker where she knew the lands well,
G D Bm G
And to Bonnie Black Nell there soon bid farewell.
[Verse 13]
D G D G
Oh And now to conclude and to finish this rhyme
D G D A
I hope you’ll forgive me for singing all this while.
G D Bm D
If there’s any amongst you in Carrick more fair,
G D Bm G
please drink up a health to that bonnie white hare.
D G D G
In the lowland of Creggan, there lives a white hare,
D G D A
As swift as the swallow that flies through the air.
G D Bm D
You may tramp the world over but none to compare
G D Bm G
to the pride of old Creggan, that bonnie white hare.
[Verse 2]
D G D G
One clear autumn morning, as you will suppose,
D G D A
ohh The red golden sun o’er the green mountain rose.
G D Bm D
Barney Conway came down and he did declare,
G D Bm G
“This day I’ll put an end to the bonnie white hare.”
[Verse 3]
D G D G
so He searched through the lowlands and down through the glens,
D G D A
all among the wild ditches where the white hare had ends,
G D Bm D
Till at last coming down o’er the heather so fair,
G D Bm G
From behind the wild thistle out jumps the white hare.
[Verse 4]
D G D G
“Bang! bang!” went his gun and his dogs it slipped too.
D G D A
As swift as the wind over the green mountain flew.
G D Bm D
But his dog soon came back, and it made Barney sigh,
G D Bm G
For he knew that the white hare had bid him goodbye.
[Verse 5]
D G D G
and We’re some jolly sportsmen down here from Pomeroy
D G D A
From Cookstown, Dungannon, and likewise the Moy.
G D Bm D
With our pedigree greyhounds we’ve travelled from far
G D Bm G
And we’ve come down to Creggan in our fine motor car.
[Verse 6]
D G D G
well into the lowlands these huntsmen did go
D G D A
In search of the white hare they look high and low,
G D Bm D
Till at last Barney Conway from a bog bank so rare
G D Bm G
Shouted out to the huntsmen, “There lies the white hare.”
[Verse 7]
D G D G
so They call up their greyhounds from off the green lea
D G D A
And Barney and the huntsmen all jumped high with glee,
G D Bm D
it was there on the bog bank all gathered around,
G D Bm G
Seven dogs and nine men did that poor hare surround.
[Verse 8]
D G D G
Oh No wonder the white hare did tremble with fear
D G D A
As she stood on her hind legs, she would raise her big ears,
G D Bm D
as she stood on her hind legs with one gallant spring,
G D Bm G
She jumped over the greyhounds and broke through the ring.
[Verse 9]
D G D G
Well that chase It went on, it was beautiful view
D G D A
As swift as the wind o’er the green mountain flew.
G D Bm D
But those pedigree greyhounds, they didn’t run far.
G D Bm G
They come back and went home in their fine motor car.
[Verse 10]
D G D G
Then there came another man and you all know him well;
D G D A
His name was mick kelly with the Bonnie Black Nell.
G D Bm D
oh In search of the white hare, today “I’ll have fun.
G D Bm G
ill bet fifty to one my Black Nell does her turn.”
[Verse 11]
D G D G
Five turns the hare got then from Bonnie Black Nell,
D G D A
And the sixth one was given around John Haughey’s well.
G D Bm D
‘it was there we lost sight of the hare and the dog,
G D Bm G
And then ten minutes later they come o’er the bog.
[Verse 12]
D G D G
Well, that chase it went on. It was great for to see.
D G D A
The white hare and the black dog both roamed light and free,
G D Bm D
Till she travelled to Esker where she knew the lands well,
G D Bm G
And to Bonnie Black Nell there soon bid farewell.
[Verse 13]
D G D G
Oh And now to conclude and to finish this rhyme
D G D A
I hope you’ll forgive me for singing all this while.
G D Bm D
If there’s any amongst you in Carrick more fair,
G D Bm G
please drink up a health to that bonnie white hare.
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