caleb meyer

Lyrics

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