Amanda Cook - Caleb Meyer

Caleb Meyer

Caleb Meyer he lived alone in them hollerin pines
And he made a little whiskey for himself
Said it helped to pass the time
Late one evening, back of my house
Caleb come around
And he called my name til I came out with no one else around

Where’s your husband Nellie Kane, where’s your darling gone
Did he go on down the mountain side, leave you all alone
Yes my husband’s gone to bowling green
To do some business there
Then Caleb threw that bottle done 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 a needle bed, across my dress he lay
And he held my hands above my head
And I commenced to pray
Well I cried my God I am your child
Send you angels down
And 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 run fast and hot around me where I laid