Song Description
A pre-blues banjo tune about life and the passage of time.
| Song Length |
2:36 |
Genre |
Blues - Rural, Blues - Country |
| Tempo |
Medium Slow (91 - 110) |
Lead Vocal |
Male Vocal |
| Mood |
Poignant, Composed |
Subject |
Life, Wild Animals |
| Language |
English |
Era |
1900 - 1920 |
Lyrics
CONY CATCH THE SUN
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