Caleb Meyer

Caleb Meyer, he lived alone

In them hollarin' pines

Then he made a little whiskey for himself

Said it helped pass the time

Long one evening in back of my house,

Caleb come around

And he called my name 'til

I went out with no one else around

Caleb Meyer, your ghost is gonna wear them rattlin' chains. but when

I go to sleep at night,

Don't you call my name

Where's your husband,

Nellie Kane

Where's your darlin gone?

Did he go down off the mountain side and leave you all alone?

Yes, my husband's gone to

Bowlin' Green to do some business there.

Then Caleb threw that bottle down and grabbed me by my hair.

Caleb Meyer, your ghost is gonna wear them rattlin' chains. but when

I go to sleep at night,

Don't you call my name

He threw me in the needle bed, across my dress he lay then he pinned my hands above my head and

I commenced to pray.

I cried My

God, I am your child send your angels down

Then feelin' with my fingertips, the bottle neck

I found I drew that glass across his neck as fine as any blade, and

I felt his blood pour fast and hot around me where

I laid. Caleb

Meyer, your ghost is gonna wear them rattlin' chains.

But when I go to sleep at night,

Don't you call my name

Caleb Meyer, your ghost is gonna wear them rattlin' chains.

But when I go to sleep at night,

Don't you call my name