Coney-catching Robert Greene in a series of 1592 pamphlets, the titles of which included "The Defence of Conny-catching," in which he argued there were worse crimes to be found among "reputable" people, and "A Disputation betweene a Hee Conny-catcher and a Shee Conny-catcher." Kirby Farrell wrote a book called "Cony-catching" in 1971. Virginia Woolf mentions "cony catchers" in her book "Orlando". Coney-catching Coney-catching is Elizabethan slang for theft through trickery. It comes from the word "coney" (sometimes spelled "conny"), meaning a rabbit raised for the table and thus tame. A coney-catcher was a thief or con man. It was a practice
Coney Island (song) on the 1994 Van Morrison tribute album, "". A single was also released with Neeson's version. Dustin the Turkey performed a parody of the song called Bull Island, which told the story of a day out resulting in his arrest at the end. It was featured on his "Not Just a Pretty Face" album as well as "Dustin's Greatest Hits". Coney Island (song) "Coney Island" is a spoken-word song written by Northern Irish singer-songwriter Van Morrison and included on his 1989 album, "Avalon Sunset". The narrative is accompanied by lush instrumentation which contrasts with Morrison's thick Ulster brogue. The singer