Misc Traditional - Creggan white hare

^GIn the lowland of Creggan, there ^Emlives a white ^Chare, As swift as the ^Gswallow that flies through that ^Dair. You may ^Ctramp the world over but ^Emnone can com^Gpare ^CWith the pride of low ^DCreggan, the bonnie ^Emwhite ^Chare.

^GOne clean autumn morning, as ^Emyou may sup^Cpose, The red golden ^Gsun o’er the green mountain ^Drose. Barney ^CConway came down and ^Emhe did de^Gclare, ^C“This day I’ll put an ^Dend to that bonnie ^Emwhite ^Chare.”

^GHe searched through the lowlands and ^Emdown through the ^Cglens, And among the wild ^Gbushes where the white hare had ^Dends, Till at ^Clast coming home o’er the ^Emheather so ^Gbare, ^CFrom behind a wild this^Dtle jumped out the ^Emwhite ^Chare.

^G“Bang! bang!” went his gun and his ^Emdog it slipped ^Ctoo. As swift as the ^Gwind over the green mountain ^Dflew. But the ^Cdog soon came back, which made ^Empoor Barney ^Gsigh, ^CFor he knew that the ^Dwhite hare had bid him ^Emgood^Cbye.

^GWe’re some jolly sportsmen down ^Emhere from Pome^Croy From Cookstown, ^GDungannon, and likewise the ^DMoy. With our ^Cpedigree greyhounds we’ve ^Emtravelled a^Gfar ^CAnd we’ve come down to ^DCreggan in our fine ^Emmotor ^Ccar.

^GAway to the lowlands these ^Emhuntsmen did ^Cgo In search of the ^Gwhite hare they look high and ^Dlow, Till at ^Clast Barney Conway on a ^Embog bank so ^Gbare ^CShouted out to these ^Dhuntsmen, “There lies the^Em white ^Chare.”

^GThey call up their greyhounds from ^Emoff the green ^Clea And Barney and the ^Ghuntsmen they jumped high with ^Dglee, For ^Cthere on the turf bank all ^Emgathered ^Garound, ^CSeven dogs and nine ^Dmen did that poor hare ^Emsur^Cround.

^GNo wonder the white hare did ^Emtremble with ^Cfear As she stood on her ^Gtoes and would raise her big ^Dears, But she ^Cstood on her toes and with one ^Emgallant ^Gspring, ^CShe cleared over the ^Dgreyhounds and broke ^Emthrough the ^Cring.

^GWell the chase I went on, ’twas ^Embeautiful ^Cview As swift as the ^Gwind o’er the green mountains ^Dflew. But with ^Cpedigree greyhounds, they ^Emdidn’t go ^Gfar. ^CThey come back and went ^Dhome in their fine^Em motor^C car.

^GThere come another man and you ^Emall know him ^Cwell; His name is Pat ^GDevlin and Bonnie Black ^DNell. In ^Csearch of the white hare, he ^Emsays, “I’ll have ^Gfun. ^CHere’s fifty to one that Black ^DNell does ^Emher ^Cturn.”

^GFive turns the hare got then from ^EmBonnie Black ^CNell, And the sixth one was ^Ggiven around John Haughey’s ^Dwell. ‘Twas ^Cthere we lost sight of the ^Emhare and the ^Gdog, And ^Cten minutes ^Dlater they come ^Emo’er the ^Cbog.

^GWell, the chase it went on. It was ^Emgreat for to ^Csee. The white hare and the ^Ggreyhound they roamed light and ^Dfree, Till she ^Ctravelled to Esker where she ^Emknew the lands ^Gwell, And to ^CBonnie Black ^DNell she soon ^Embid fare^Cwell.

^GAnd now to conclude and ^Emfinish it’s ^Ctime. I hope you’ll for^Ggive me for singing this ^Drhyme. If there’s ^Cany amongst you in ^EmCarrick more ^Gfair, Let’s d^Crink up a ^Dhealth to that bonnie ^Emwhite ^Chare.