Caleb Meyer

Caleb Meyer he lived alone
 In them hollering pines
 And he made a little whiskey for himself
 Said it helped to pass the time
 Long one evening in back of my house
 Caleb come around
 And he called my name till I went out
 With no one else around
 Caleb Meyer your ghost is gonna
 Wear them rattling 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 mountainside
 And leave you all alone?"
 "Yes my husband's gone to Bowling 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 rattling 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 feeling with my finger tips
 The bottle neck I found
 I drew that glass across his neck
 Fine as any blade
 Then I felt his blood pour fast and hot
 Around me where I laid
 Caleb Meyer your ghost is gonna
 Wear them rattling chains
 But when I go to sleep at night
 Don't you call my name
 Caleb Meyer your ghost is gonna
 Wear them rattling chains
 But when I go to sleep at night
 Don't you call my name