Caleb Myer he lived alone in them hollering pines   He made a little whiskey for himself   Said it helped pass the time      Long one evening in the back of my house   Caleb come around   He called my name till I went out   With no one else around      Caleb Meyer, your ghost is gonna   Wear them rattling chains   When I go to sleep at night don't you call my name      Where's your husband, Nellie Cane   Where's your darling gone?   Did he go on down the mountain side   And leave you all alone?      My husband's gone to bowling green   To do some business there   And Caleb threw that bottle down   Grabbed me by my hair      Caleb Meyer, your ghost is gonna   Wear them rattling chains   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   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 run hot and fast   Around me where I laid      Caleb Meyer, your ghost is gonna   Wear them rattling chains   When I go to sleep at night don't you call my name      Caleb Meyer, your ghost is gonna   Wear them rattling chains   When I go to sleep at night don't you call my name