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 called around
And he called my name â??til I went out
With no one else around
[Chorus]
Caleb Meyer your ghost is gonna wear them [A]ɾattling chains
But when I go to [C7]sleep at night don't you [A7call [Em]my [A]name
"Where's your husband [Bm]Nellie Cane
Where's your darling gone?
Did he go on [C7]down the mountain side
And leave you [A7all [Em]alone?"
"Yes my [A]husband's gone to [C7]bowling green
To do some business there"
Then Caleb threw that bottle down
And he grabbed me by my [A]hair
[Chorus]
He threw me in the needle bed
Across my [A]dress he lay
Then he pined my [A]hands above my [A]head
And I commenced to [C7]pray
I cried my [A]God I am your child
Send your angels down
Then feeling with my [A]finger tips
The bottle neck I found
In drew that glass across his neck
Fine as any blade
Then I felt his blood pour fast an hot
Around me where I laid
[Chorus: x2]
