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Call on Me (An Eidolon Air)

from Ghost Hymns by William Lee Ellis

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Is it about a distant lover or a ghost? I’m still not sure, hence the subtitle. My talented, beautiful wife, Julie, helped me finish its mournful melody and joins me as only she could on a harmony part that somehow echoes across time and place. Late great Vermont folk institution Pete Sutherland plays haunting, modal fiddle against my guitar and voice, done in the one and only take it needed.

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The geese are flying low, time to pack and go
The river’s rising slow, call on me

Leaves are fallin’ down, this world keeps turnin’ round
No matter where you’re bound, call on me

Refrain: Call on me, call on me, honey call on me
Wherever you may be, call on me

I know you have to go, I know I’ll be alone
But you always have a home, call on me

I’ll follow where you go, honey don’t you know
If you just say so, call on me

Refrain: Call on me, call on me, honey call on me
Wherever you may be, call on me

Winter’s at the door, what is was once before
You can always ask for more, call on me

Sway to the east sway to the west
And when it’s time to rest call on me

Refrain: Call on me, call on me, honey call on me
Wherever you may be, call on me

When the frost has hit the moor and you’re on a summer shore
I hope you still want more, call on me

Dreamt you were a dove, cooing for my love
Below and above, you can call on me

Refrain: Call on me, call on me, honey call on me
Wherever you may be, call on me

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from Ghost Hymns, released June 23, 2023
WLE, vocal & guitar; Pete Sutherland, fiddle; Julie Coffey, vocal

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"There's no one else playing exactly the same sort of music as William Lee Ellis," said legendary producer Jim Dickinson of the Americana/blues master acoustic guitarist. "It's as if he's invented his own sort of 'holy blues' genre."

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