Caleb Meyer

Caleb Meyer, he lived alone

In them hollarin' pines

He made a little whiskey for himself

Said it helped to pass the time

On one evening in back of my house,

Caleb came around

And he called my name 'til I came 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 darling gone?

Did he go on down 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 on the needle bed,

and on my dress he lay

he held 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 pulled that glass across his neck

as fine as any blade,

and I felt his blood run 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