Hare Of Howden (trad)

1) In Howden Town in Howden Town
   As i have heard them tell:
   Oh once there was a white hare;
   she used there to dwell.
   She's been hunted by the greyhounds,
   And the beagle dogs did bear,
   and there's not a one amongst them
   could keep up with that white hare.

ch)

Oh she's faster than the black,
and she's bonnier than the brown,
and there's not a dog amongst them
as will ever bring her down.

2) so says Jimmy the bold huntsman
   to Tom the whipper-in:
   Come look in yonder burn side 
   to see if she lies in.
   With that she gave a jump boys
   and fast away she ran,
   and it's yonder that she's going
   as fast as e're she can.

(ch)

3) Oh when they came unto this place
   where this white hare did lie,
   the beagles they uncoupled
   oh they began to try,
   and then the crafy greyhounds 
   did beat the bush around
   and there never was a white hare
   in that field to be found.

(ch)

4) So by horse and foot they did then
   unto this place draw nigh,
   all thinking that the white hare
   was going for to die.
   But she slipped out of the bush boys,
   and over Howden Hill,
   and the beagles and the greyhounds
   there was one shot in the kill

(ch), 1), (ch)