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