Caleb Meyer
Gillian Welch, 1998
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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 the back of my house, Caleb come around,
And he called my name till I went out, with no one else around.
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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 Cane, Where's yor darlin gone?
Did he go down the mountainside, and leave you all alone?
Yes my husband's gone to Bowling Green, To do some business there.
Then Caleb threw the bottle down, And grabbed me by my hair.
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.