Caleb Meyer Lyrics - Singles - Gillian Welch

Caleb Meyer, he lived alone 

In them hollarin' pines 

He made a little whiskey for himself 

Said it helped to pass the time 

Late one evening in back of my house, 

Caleb came around 

He called my name 'til I came out 

With no one else around 

[Chorus] 

Caleb Meyer, your ghost is gonna 

Wear them rattlin' chains. 

But when I go to sleep at night, 

Don't you call my name 

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Where's your husband, Nellie Kane 

Where's your husband gone? 

Did he go down off the mountain side 

And leave you all alone? 

Yes, my husband's gone to Bowlin' Green 

To do some business there. 

Then Caleb threw that bottle down 

And grabbed me by my hair. 

[Chorus] 

He threw me on the needle bed, 

And on my dress he lay 

He held my hands above my head 

And I commenced to pray. 

I cried My God, I am your child 

Send your angels down 

Then feelin' with my fingertips, 

The bottle neck I found 

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I pulled that glass across his neck 

As fine as any blade, 

And I felt his blood run fast and hot 

Around me where I laid. 

[Chorus: x2]