He made a little whiskey for himself
Said it helped pass the time
Long one evening in the back of my house
Caleb come around
He called my name till I went out
With no one else around
Caleb Meyer, your ghost is gonna
Wear them rattling chains
When I go to sleep at night don't you call my name
Where's your husband, Nellie Cane
Where's your darling gone?
Did he go on down the mountain side
And leave you all alone?
My husband's gone to bowling green
To do some business there
And Caleb threw that bottle down
Grabbed me by my hair
Caleb Meyer, your ghost is gonna
Wear them rattling chains
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
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 run hot and fast
Around me where I laid
Caleb Meyer, your ghost is gonna
Wear them rattling chains
When I go to sleep at night don't you call my name
Caleb Meyer, your ghost is gonna
Wear them rattling chains
When I go to sleep at night don't you call my name
Caleb Myer he lived alone in them hollering pines He made a little whiskey for himself Said it helped pass the time Long one evening in the back of my house Caleb come around He called my name till I went out With no one else around Caleb Meyer, your ghost is gonna Wear them rattling chains When I go to sleep at night don't you call my name Where's your husband, Nellie Cane Where's your darling gone? Did he go on down the mountain side And leave you all alone? My husband's gone to bowling green To do some business there And Caleb threw that bottle down Grabbed me by my hair Caleb Meyer, your ghost is gonna Wear them rattling chains 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 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 run hot and fast Around me where I laid Caleb Meyer, your ghost is gonna Wear them rattling chains When I go to sleep at night don't you call my name Caleb Meyer, your ghost is gonna Wear them rattling chains When I go to sleep at night don't you call my name Explain Request ×
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