{"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":2246279,"song":"Creggan White Hare","artist":"Misc Traditional","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11473178-creggan-white-hare-chords-by-misc-traditional/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/2246279?type=chord","rating":4.79047,"votes":7,"content":"The Creggan White Hare\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                                [ch]Em[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]\r\nIn the lowland of Creggan, there lives a white hare,[/tab]\r\n[tab]                [ch]G[/ch]                               [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAs swift as the swallow that flies through that air.[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]                        [ch]Em[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]\r\nYou may tramp the world over but none can compare[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                     [ch]D[/ch]                   [ch]Em[/ch]    [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWith the pride of low Creggan, the bonnie white hare.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                            [ch]Em[/ch]         [ch]C[/ch]\r\nOne clean autumn morning, as you may suppose,[/tab]\r\n[tab]               [ch]G[/ch]                           [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThe red golden sun o’er the green mountain rose.[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]C[/ch]                    [ch]Em[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]\r\nBarney Conway came down and he did declare,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                     [ch]D[/ch]                  [ch]Em[/ch]    [ch]C[/ch]\r\n“This day I’ll put an end to that bonnie white hare.”[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                                    [ch]Em[/ch]               [ch]C[/ch]\r\nHe searched through the lowlands and down through the glens,[/tab]\r\n[tab]                   [ch]G[/ch]                               [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd among the wild bushes where the white hare had ends,[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]                         [ch]Em[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]\r\nTill at last coming home o’er the heather so bare,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                      [ch]D[/ch]                  [ch]Em[/ch]    [ch]C[/ch]\r\nFrom behind a wild thistle jumped out the white hare.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                                  [ch]Em[/ch]             [ch]C[/ch]\r\n“Bang! bang!” went his gun and his dog it slipped too.[/tab]\r\n[tab]                [ch]G[/ch]                            [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAs swift as the wind over the green mountain flew.[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]                              [ch]Em[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]\r\nBut the dog soon came back, which made poor Barney sigh,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                    [ch]D[/ch]                      [ch]Em[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]\r\nFor he knew that the white hare had bid him goodbye.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                               [ch]Em[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWe’re some jolly sportsmen down here from Pomeroy[/tab]\r\n[tab]                [ch]G[/ch]                           [ch]D[/ch]\r\nFrom Cookstown, Dungannon, and likewise the Moy.[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]C[/ch]                         [ch]Em[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWith our pedigree greyhounds we’ve travelled afar[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                      [ch]D[/ch]                   [ch]Em[/ch]    [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd we’ve come down to Creggan in our fine motor car.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                          [ch]Em[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAway to the lowlands these huntsmen did go[/tab]\r\n[tab]                 [ch]G[/ch]                             [ch]D[/ch]\r\nIn search of the white hare they look high and low,[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]                       [ch]Em[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]\r\nTill at last Barney Conway on a bog bank so bare[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                    [ch]D[/ch]                        [ch]Em[/ch]     [ch]C[/ch]\r\nShouted out to these huntsmen, “There lies the white hare.”[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                                  [ch]Em[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThey call up their greyhounds from off the green lea[/tab]\r\n[tab]                   [ch]G[/ch]                              [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd Barney and the huntsmen they jumped high with glee,[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]                          [ch]Em[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]\r\nFor there on the turf bank all gathered around,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                   [ch]D[/ch]                      [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]\r\nSeven dogs and nine men did that poor hare surround.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                            [ch]Em[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]\r\nNo wonder the white hare did tremble with fear[/tab]\r\n[tab]                    [ch]G[/ch]                            [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAs she stood on her toes and would raise her big ears,[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]                              [ch]Em[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]\r\nBut she stood on her toes and with one gallant spring,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                    [ch]D[/ch]                    [ch]Em[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]\r\nShe cleared over the greyhounds and broke through the ring.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                               [ch]Em[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWell the chase I went on, ’twas beautiful view[/tab]\r\n[tab]                [ch]G[/ch]                             [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAs swift as the wind o’er the green mountains flew.[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]C[/ch]                         [ch]Em[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]\r\nBut with pedigree greyhounds, they didn’t go far.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                       [ch]D[/ch]                 [ch]Em[/ch]    [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThey come back and went home in their fine motor car.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                              [ch]Em[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThere come another man and you all know him well;[/tab]\r\n[tab]                [ch]G[/ch]                       [ch]D[/ch]\r\nHis name is Pat Devlin and Bonnie Black Nell.[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]C[/ch]                            [ch]Em[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]\r\nIn search of the white hare, he says, “I’ll have fun.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                              [ch]D[/ch]         [ch]Em[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]\r\nHere’s fifty to one that Black Nell does her turn.”[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                                 [ch]Em[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]\r\nFive turns the hare got then from Bonnie Black Nell,[/tab]\r\n[tab]                      [ch]G[/ch]                           [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd the sixth one was given around John Haughey’s well.[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]C[/ch]                          [ch]Em[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]\r\n‘Twas there we lost sight of the hare and the dog,[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]               [ch]Em[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd ten minutes later they come o’er the bog.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                                  [ch]Em[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWell, the chase it went on. It was great for to see.[/tab]\r\n[tab]                       [ch]G[/ch]                               [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThe white hare and the greyhound they roamed light and free,[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]C[/ch]                            [ch]Em[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]\r\nTill she travelled to Esker where she knew the lands well,[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]D[/ch]             [ch]Em[/ch]      [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd to Bonnie Black Nell she soon bid farewell.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                       [ch]Em[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd now to conclude and finish it’s time.[/tab]\r\n[tab]                 [ch]G[/ch]                        [ch]D[/ch]\r\nI hope you’ll forgive me for singing this rhyme.[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]C[/ch]                  [ch]Em[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]\r\nIf there’s any amongst you in Carrick more fair,[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]D[/ch]                     [ch]Em[/ch]    [ch]C[/ch]\r\nLet’s drink up a health to that bonnie white hare.[/tab]","plain_text":"The Creggan White Hare\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]","chords":["G","Em","C","D"],"chord_diagrams":{"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"Em":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,0,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,0,0,0]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}