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