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Caleb Meyer, he lived alone |
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In them hollarin' pines |
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Then he made a little whiskey for himself |
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Said it helped pass the time |
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Long one evening in back of my house, |
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Caleb come around |
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And he called my name 'til |
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I went out with no one else around |
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Caleb Meyer, your ghost is gonna wear them rattlin' chains. but when |
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I go to sleep at night, |
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Don't you call my name |
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Where's your husband, |
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Nellie Kane |
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Where's your darlin gone? |
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Did he go down off the mountain side and leave you all alone? |
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Yes, my husband's gone to |
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Bowlin' Green to do some business there. |
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Then Caleb threw that bottle down and grabbed me by my hair. |
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Caleb Meyer, your ghost is gonna wear them rattlin' chains. but when |
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I go to sleep at night, |
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Don't you call my name |
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He threw me in the needle bed, across my dress he lay then he pinned my hands above my head and |
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I commenced to pray. |
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I cried My |
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God, I am your child send your angels down |
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Then feelin' with my fingertips, the bottle neck |
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I found I drew that glass across his neck as fine as any blade, and |
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I felt his blood pour fast and hot around me where |
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I laid. Caleb |
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Meyer, your ghost is gonna wear them rattlin' chains. |
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But when I go to sleep at night, |
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Don't you call my name |
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Caleb Meyer, your ghost is gonna wear them rattlin' chains. |
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But when I go to sleep at night, |
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Don't you call my name |
