We’ve updated our Terms of Use to reflect our new entity name and address. You can review the changes here.
We’ve updated our Terms of Use. You can review the changes here.

Celeb Myer

from The Bitcoin Miner by Splat The Rat

supported by
Terry
Terry thumbnail
/

  • Streaming + Download

    Includes unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
    Purchasable with gift card

      £1 GBP  or more

     

  • Buy the Full Digital Album

about

Written by Gillian Welch and released in 1998. Dark, ghosts, murder, rape and death... The perfect folk song, we love it

lyrics

Caleb Meyer, he lived alone
In them hollarin' 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 came around
And he called my name 'til I came 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
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
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

credits

from The Bitcoin Miner, released July 27, 2019
Gillian Welch & David Rawlings

license

all rights reserved

tags

about

Splat The Rat image

Splat The Rat Swindon, UK

We have a penchant for taking both well known and obscure folk tunes and playing them in a way that makes them accessible to all. New songs, original songs and a number of familiar crowd pleasers ensure that everyone goes away from our gigs in a happy place. Based in Swindon UK, we are available for live performances, drop us a line. Also find us on facebook www.facebook.com/splattherat/ ... more

contact / help

Contact Splat The Rat

Streaming and
Download help

Report this track or account

If you like Splat The Rat, you may also like:

Bandcamp Daily  your guide to the world of Bandcamp

On Bandcamp Radio

Beans joins the show to discuss his album release, "ZWAARD".

listen now