Gillian Welch - Caleb Meyer

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Caleb Meyer, he lived alone
In them hollarin` pines
Then he made a little whiskey for himself
Said it helped pass the time

Long one evening in back of my house,
Caleb come around
And he called my name `til I went out
with no one else around

Caleb Meyer, your ghost is gonna
wear them rattlin` chains.
but when I go to sleep at night,
Don`t you call my name

Where`s your husband, Nellie Kane
Where`s your darlin 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.

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 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 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 pour fast and hot
around me where I laid.

Caleb Meyer, your ghost is gonna
wear them rattlin` chains.
But when I go to sleep at night,
Don`t you call my name

Caleb Meyer, your ghost is gonna
wear them rattlin` chains.
But when I go to sleep at night,
Don`t you call my name

Release History

1998

Hell Among The Yearlings

1. Caleb Meyer (3:01)
2. Good Til Now (3:53)
3. The Devil Had a Hold of Me (4:28)
4. My Morphine (5:50)
5. One Morning (2:39)
6. Miner's Refrain (3:54)
7. Honey Now (1:49)
8. I'm Not Afraid To Die (3:25)
9. Rock of Ages (3:05)
10. Whiskey Girl (4:13)
11. Winter's Come and Gone (2:14)