Cony Catch the Sun
from Ghost Hymns by William Lee Ellis
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about
This “rabbit” number came to me the day a Civil War-era fretless banjo arrived, courtesy of my father, banjo and fiddle composer Tony Ellis. Listening back, I hear the distinct influence of my dad, whose sense of melody and phrasing are as familiar to me as morning coffee and strumming across a D chord.
lyrics
Run rabbit run, try to catch that sun
’Fore it sets too low
Count your days and count all the ways
To duck ’neath the hawk and crow
The wind may blow wherever it please
Can’t you hear its sound?
Run rabbit run, gain on that sun
Ain’t no tilling in the cold, cold ground
Dove to a mare, fox to a hare
Owl shadows snow
Sittin’ in the shade, countin’ what you made
To an angry rooster’s crow
Bread of heaven fall from on high
Fill me till I want no more
Run, little one, out from all your fun
Follow the moon ashore
Bread of heaven fall from on high
Till I want no more
Come, little one, let that rabbit run
’Cross the rocky moor
’Fore it sets too low
Count your days and count all the ways
To duck ’neath the hawk and crow
The wind may blow wherever it please
Can’t you hear its sound?
Run rabbit run, gain on that sun
Ain’t no tilling in the cold, cold ground
Dove to a mare, fox to a hare
Owl shadows snow
Sittin’ in the shade, countin’ what you made
To an angry rooster’s crow
Bread of heaven fall from on high
Fill me till I want no more
Run, little one, out from all your fun
Follow the moon ashore
Bread of heaven fall from on high
Till I want no more
Come, little one, let that rabbit run
’Cross the rocky moor
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from Ghost Hymns,
released June 23, 2023
WLE, vocal & fretless banjo
WLE, vocal & fretless banjo
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William Lee Ellis Memphis
"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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