A very different version appears in Edwards & Kelley's Coffee House Songbook (Oak, 1966, OOP, like most good things - page 196):

RABBIT BLUES

When the blues chase a rabbit,
He run one solid mile,
Poor little rabbit,
Cries like a new born child.

I wish I was a headlight,
On some eastbound train,
I'd shine my light on,
Cool Colorado rain.

Wish I was in cool Colorado,
On some mountain so high,
I'd watch my baby,
As she goes riding by.

Some like black or yellow,
Others white or tan,
I love my baby,
She loves another man.

Repeat first verse.

"As sung by Al Higgens" & "Collected in California", they say.
The version given by Silverman would appear to go back to W.W. I.

Joe Fineman
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