Creggan White Hare chords

[VERSE]
[G]In the lowland of Creggan, there [Em]lives a white [C]hare,
As swift as the [G]swallow that flies through that [D]air.
You may [C]tramp the world over but [Em]none can com[G]pare
[C]With the pride of low [D]Creggan, the bonnie [Em]white [C]hare.

[VERSE]
[G]One clean autumn morning, as [Em]you may sup[C]pose,
The red golden [G]sun o’er the green mountain [D]rose.
Barney [C]Conway came down and [Em]he did de[G]clare,
[C]"This day I’ll put an [D]end to that bonnie [Em]white [C]hare.”

[VERSE]
[G]He searched through the lowlands and [Em]down through the [C]glens,
And among the wild [G]bushes where the white hare had [D]ends,
Till at [C]last coming home o’er the [Em]heather so [G]bare,
[C]From behind a wild this[D]tle jumped out the [Em]white [C]hare.

[VERSE]
[G]"Bang! bang!” went his gun and his [Em]dog it slipped [C]too.
As swift as the [G]wind over the green mountain [D]flew.
But the [C]dog soon came back, which made [Em]poor Barney [G]sigh,
[C]For he knew that the [D]white hare had bid him [Em]good[C]bye.

[VERSE]
[G]We’re some jolly sportsmen down [Em]here from Pome[C]roy
From Cookstown, [G]Dungannon, and likewise the [D]Moy.
With our [C]pedigree greyhounds we’ve [Em]travelled a[G]far
[C]And we’ve come down to [D]Creggan in our fine [Em]motor [C]car.

[VERSE]
[G]Away to the lowlands these [Em]huntsmen did [C]go
In search of the [G]white hare they look high and [D]low,
Till at [C]last Barney Conway on a [Em]bog bank so [G]bare
[C]Shouted out to these [D]huntsmen, "There lies the[Em] white [C]hare.”

[VERSE]
[G]They call up their greyhounds from [Em]off the green [C]lea
And Barney and the [G]huntsmen they jumped high with [D]glee,
For [C]there on the turf bank all [Em]gathered [G]around,
[C]Seven dogs and nine [D]men did that poor hare [Em]sur[C]round.

[VERSE]
[G]No wonder the white hare did [Em]tremble with [C]fear
As she stood on her [G]toes and would raise her big [D]ears,
But she [C]stood on her toes and with one [Em]gallant [G]spring,
[C]She cleared over the [D]greyhounds and broke [Em]through the [C]ring.

[VERSE]
[G]Well the chase I went on, ’twas [Em]beautiful [C]view
As swift as the [G]wind o’er the green mountains [D]flew.
But with [C]pedigree greyhounds, they [Em]didn’t go [G]far.
[C]They come back and went [D]home in their fine[Em] motor[C] car.

[VERSE]
[G]There come another man and you [Em]all know him [C]well;
His name is Pat [G]Devlin and Bonnie Black [D]Nell.
In [C]search of the white hare, he [Em]says, "I’ll have [G]fun.
[C]Here’s fifty to one that Black [D]Nell does [Em]her [C]turn.”

[VERSE]
[G]Five turns the hare got then from [Em]Bonnie Black [C]Nell,
And the sixth one was [G]given around John Haughey’s [D]well.
‘Twas [C]there we lost sight of the [Em]hare and the [G]dog,
And [C]ten minutes [D]later they come [Em]o’er the [C]bog.

[VERSE]
[G]Well, the chase it went on. It was [Em]great for to [C]see.
The white hare and the [G]greyhound they roamed light and [D]free,
Till she [C]travelled to Esker where she [Em]knew the lands [G]well,
And to [C]Bonnie Black [D]Nell she soon [Em]bid fare[C]well.

[VERSE]
[G]And now to conclude and [Em]finish it’s [C]time.
I hope you’ll for[G]give me for singing this [D]rhyme.
If there’s [C]any amongst you in [Em]Carrick more [G]fair,
Let’s d[C]rink up a [D]health to that bonnie [Em]white [C]hare.