Chords for The Creggan White Hare

_ The White Hair of Cragan _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ [Bm] _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ [D] _ [A] _ _ In the [B] lowlands of Cragan there lives a White [D] Hare
Swift as a [Bm] swallow that flies [A] through the air
[Bm] He may tramp the world over but none can bear
[G] To the pride of [B] old Cragan that [D] bonny White Hare
_ _ [A] _ _ One clear autumn morning [Bm] as you will [D] suppose
The red golden [Bm] sun and the green [A] mountain [Bm] rose
Honey Conway come down and he says [D] I declare
That this day I'll set an end [Bm] to the bonny White Hare
[G] _
_ [A] _ _ _ _ [D] So he searched in [C#m] the lowlands and [G] down through the [D] glens
And among [A] the wild ditches where the White Hare had [B] end
Till at [Bm] last he come down to the heather [D] so fair
[G] When behind [F#m] the white thistle up jumped the [G] White Hare
[D] Bang bang [A] goes his gun and she slipped [Bm] his dog's tooth
Swift as the wind [B] on the [A] green mountain blew _ _
[Bm] But his dog soon came back and he made [D] bonny sigh
But to think that that White Hare had bid him [G] goodbye _ _
_ [A] _ _ _ _ _ Now there come some jolly fellas [F#] from down [G] from [D] Palmroy
From Crookstown, [Bm] Dunganon and [A] likewise Des Moines
[B] With their pettigree greyhounds travelled [D] quite far
[G] To [D] come down to Cragan in their [G] fine motor car
_ _ [D] But it's into the lowlands these huntsmen did go
In search of [Bm] the White Hare they looked [A] high and low
[Bm] The little less bonny Conway from a bog [D] back so rare
Shouted out to [A] the huntsmen there [G] lies the White Hare _
_ [D] _ So they called for the greyhounds from off the green lee
[A] Bonny and the [B] huntsmen they looked [A] high with glee
But [B] it's there on the bog back all gathered [D]
around
[G] Seven dogs and nine men did that White Hare surround
_ _ _ No wonder that [Bm] White Hare did [G] tremble with fear
[D] She [G#] raised on her [B] line legs and raised her big [A]
ears
[B] Stood on her hind legs home with [D] one girl in spring
[G] She jumped over [D] the [F#] greyhounds and broke through [Bm] the ring
Well _ [E] _ _ [D] the chase had went on [F#] and it was a beautiful [D] view
[A] Swift as the wind [Bm] on the green mountain [A]
flew
[B] But those pettigree greyhounds they [D] didn't get far
[G] They came back and [D] went [F#] home in their fine [G] motor car _
_ [A] _ _ _ _ _ [D] And then there [G#] came another fella [F#] you [G] all know him well
His name is [Bm] Mackelly with a black [A] bonny bell
[B] In search of the White Hare today [D] I'll have fun
[G] I give fifty [Bm] to one my black [G] bell does her turn
_ _ [D] Five turns the Hare [F#] got and with bonny [D] black bell
Sixth [A] one was [F#] taken round John [A] Hoy's well
[B] Wasn't there we lost sight of the [D] Hare and the Dog
[G] Till ten minutes [G#] later [B] they come [G] o'er the black bog _ _
_ [D] Well the chase had [A] went on it was great for to see
White [G#] Hare and Black Dog [B] how they roamed [A] light and free
[Bm] Till she travelled by Esker all and she [D] knew well
[G] Soon to bonny black bell she had [E] soon bid [G] farewell
_ _ _ [A] _
_ [D] So now to [F#m] conclude and to finish me rhyme
I hope you don't [B] blame me [E] for singing all this time _ _
[B] If there's any among you at [D] Carrickmore Fair
[G] You can drink a good [G#] health to the bonny [G] White Hare _
_ [A] _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ [D] _
_ _ _ _ [F#] _ _ _ [Bm] _
_ [G#] _ [D] _ _ _ _ [N] _ _