{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":2239021,"song":"The Creggan White Hare","artist":"Daoiri Farrell","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11471988-the-creggan-white-hare-chords-by-daoiri-farrell/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/2239021?type=chord","rating":4.71351,"votes":53,"content":"[Verse 1]     \r\n[tab]       [ch]D[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]D[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]\r\nIn the lowland of Creggan, there lives a white hare,[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]D[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]D[/ch]                 [ch]A[/ch]\r\nAs swift as the swallow that flies through the air.[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]D[/ch]        [ch]Bm[/ch]         [ch]D[/ch]\r\nYou may tramp the world over but none to compare[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]D[/ch]             [ch]Bm[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]\r\nto the pride of old Creggan, that bonnie white hare.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n[tab]    [ch]D[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]\r\nOne clear autumn morning, as you will suppose,[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]D[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]D[/ch]              [ch]A[/ch]\r\nohh The red golden sun o’er the green mountain rose.[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]        [ch]Bm[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]\r\nBarney Conway came down and he did declare,[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]D[/ch]          [ch]Bm[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]\r\n“This day I’ll put an end to the bonnie white hare.”[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 3]\r\n[tab]      [ch]D[/ch]                    [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]D[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]\r\nso He searched through the lowlands and down through the glens,[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]D[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]                 [ch]D[/ch]              [ch]A[/ch]\r\nall among the wild ditches where the white hare had ends,[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]             [ch]Bm[/ch]         [ch]D[/ch]\r\nTill at last coming down o’er the heather so fair,[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]D[/ch]           [ch]Bm[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]\r\nFrom behind the wild thistle out jumps the white hare.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 4]\r\n[tab]       [ch]D[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]\r\n“Bang! bang!” went his gun and his dogs it slipped too.[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]D[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]D[/ch]              [ch]A[/ch]\r\nAs swift as the wind over the green mountain flew.[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]D[/ch]            [ch]Bm[/ch]          [ch]D[/ch]\r\nBut his dog soon came back, and it made Barney sigh,[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]D[/ch]              [ch]Bm[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]\r\nFor he knew that the white hare had bid him goodbye.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 5]\r\n[tab]          [ch]D[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]D[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]\r\nand We’re some jolly sportsmen down here from Pomeroy[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]D[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]D[/ch]            [ch]A[/ch]\r\nFrom Cookstown, Dungannon, and likewise the Moy.[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]D[/ch]               [ch]Bm[/ch]          [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWith our pedigree greyhounds we’ve travelled from far[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]D[/ch]              [ch]Bm[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd we’ve come down to Creggan in our fine motor car.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 6]\r\n[tab]     [ch]D[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]D[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]\r\nwell into the lowlands these huntsmen did go[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]D[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]D[/ch]             [ch]A[/ch]\r\nIn search of the white hare they look high and low,[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]             [ch]Bm[/ch]          [ch]D[/ch]\r\nTill at last Barney Conway from a bog bank so rare[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]D[/ch]                [ch]Bm[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]\r\nShouted out to the huntsmen, “There lies the white hare.”[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 7]\r\n[tab]        [ch]D[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]D[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]\r\nso They call up their greyhounds from off the green lea[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]D[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]D[/ch]                [ch]A[/ch]\r\nAnd Barney and the huntsmen all jumped high with glee,[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]D[/ch]            [ch]Bm[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]\r\nit was there on the bog bank all gathered around,[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]D[/ch]            [ch]Bm[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]\r\nSeven dogs and nine men did that poor hare surround.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 8]\r\n[tab]      [ch]D[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]D[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]\r\nOh No wonder the white hare did tremble with fear[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]D[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]                    [ch]D[/ch]             [ch]A[/ch]\r\nAs she stood on her hind legs, she would raise her big ears,[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]D[/ch]                  [ch]Bm[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]\r\nas she stood on her hind legs with one gallant spring,[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]D[/ch]              [ch]Bm[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]\r\nShe jumped over the greyhounds and broke through the ring.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 9]\r\n[tab]          [ch]D[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]D[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWell that chase It went on, it was beautiful view[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]D[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]D[/ch]              [ch]A[/ch]\r\nAs swift as the wind o’er the green mountain flew.[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]D[/ch]            [ch]Bm[/ch]         [ch]D[/ch]\r\nBut those pedigree greyhounds, they didn’t run far.[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]D[/ch]             [ch]Bm[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThey come back and went home in their fine motor car.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 10]\r\n[tab]     [ch]D[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]                  [ch]D[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThen there came another man and you all know him well;[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]D[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]D[/ch]            [ch]A[/ch]\r\nHis name was mick kelly with the Bonnie Black Nell.[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]D[/ch]             [ch]Bm[/ch]             [ch]D[/ch]\r\noh In search of the white hare, today “I’ll have fun.[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]            [ch]Bm[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]\r\nill bet fifty to one my Black Nell does her turn.”[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 11]\r\n[tab]     [ch]D[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]D[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]\r\nFive turns the hare got then from Bonnie Black Nell,[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]D[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]D[/ch]              [ch]A[/ch]\r\nAnd the sixth one was given around John Haughey’s well.[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]D[/ch]            [ch]Bm[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]\r\n‘it was there we lost sight of the hare and the dog,[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]               [ch]Bm[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd then ten minutes later they come o’er the bog.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 12]\r\n[tab]           [ch]D[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]D[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWell, that chase it went on. It was great for to see.[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]D[/ch]                  [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]D[/ch]                [ch]A[/ch]\r\nThe white hare and the black dog both roamed light and free,[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]D[/ch]               [ch]Bm[/ch]             [ch]D[/ch]\r\nTill she travelled to Esker where she knew the lands well,[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]D[/ch]          [ch]Bm[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd to Bonnie Black Nell there soon bid farewell.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 13]\r\n[tab]       [ch]D[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]D[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]\r\nOh And now to conclude and to finish this rhyme[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]D[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]D[/ch]                [ch]A[/ch]\r\nI hope you’ll forgive me for singing all this while.[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]D[/ch]             [ch]Bm[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]\r\nIf there’s any amongst you in Carrick more fair,[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]D[/ch]              [ch]Bm[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]\r\nplease drink up a health to that bonnie white hare.[/tab]","plain_text":"[Verse 1]     \n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 3]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 4]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 5]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 6]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 7]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 8]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 9]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 10]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 11]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 12]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 13]","chords":["D","G","A","Bm"],"chord_diagrams":{"A":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,2,0]},"Bm":{"barres":[2],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,3,4,2,1],"frets":[-1,2,4,4,3,2]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}