Lankum

Hares On The Mountain

Lankum


Tom: Am

   Am         C
Oh Sally, my dear
     G           C       C/B
It's you I'd be kissing
   Am         C
Oh Sally, my dear
     G           C       C/B
It's you I'd be kissing
      F            C                 C/B             Am
She smiled and replied, "You don't know what you're missing"

[Verse 2]
   Am         C
Oh Sally, my dear
   G            C       C/B
I wish I could wed you
   Am        C
Oh Sally my dear
   G            C       C/B
I wish I could wed you
      F            C
She smiled and replied
            C/B      Am
Then you'd say I misled you

[Verse 3]
   Am             C
If all the young men
      G            C       C/B
Were hares on the mountain
   Am             C
If all the young men
      G            C       C/B
Were hares on the mountain
     F    C                      C/B         Am
How many young girls would take guns and go hunting?

[Verse 4]
        Am              C
If the young men could sing
       G               C      C/B
Like blackbirds and thrushes
        Am              C
If the young men could sing
       G               C      C/B
Like blackbirds and thrushes
     F    C                    C/B         Am
How many young girls would go beating the bushes?

[Verse 5]
   Am             C
If all the young men
      G           C     C/B
Were fish in the water
   Am             C
If all the young men
      G           C     C/B
Were fish in the water
     F    C                    C/B          Am
How many young girls would undress and dive after?

[Verse 6]
         Am            C
But the young men are given
     G           C       C/B
To frisking and fooling
         Am            C
But the young men are given
     G           C       C/B
To frisking and fooling
    F                 C          C/B            Am
So, I'll leave them alone and attend to my schooling