Gillian Welch : Hell Among The Yearlings

Caleb Meyer, he lived alone In them hollerin' 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 come 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 darling gone? Did he go on down the mountainside 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 a 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 Then I felt his blood pour fast and hot Round me where I lay 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

Balled out wasted and I feel I'm going down Balled out wasted and I feel I'm going down Goodbye, darling, I been good till now I went walking with a girl as pure as milk I went walking with a girl pure as milk Standing on the corner, sweating through a yellow silk Rocks in my pockets and a devil on my back Rocks in my pockets and a devil on my back You won't even come across the tracks Balled out wasted and I feel I'm going down Balled out wasted and I feel I'm going down Goodbye, darling, I been good till now

Now I was just a girl of two Now I was just a girl of two With a golden heart and a button shoe The devil had a hold of me The devil had a hold of me I turned my head and I could see The devil had a hold of me There was something wrong with the butcher's boy Was something wrong with the butcher's boy He trembled in his hand and voice The devil had a hold of me The devil had a hold of me The others knew to let him be But the devil had a hold of me Now the tailpipe spit and the engine roared The tailpipe spit and the engine roared I's waving out the Plymouth door And the devil had a hold of me The devil had a hold of me The old folks saw the last they'd see The devil had a hold of me I dreamed last night that my time was done I dreamed last night that my time was done And my soul flew up to the holy son But the devil had a hold of me The devil had a hold of me I snapped back down when he pulled my lead The devil had a hold of me There are those who'll laugh and not believe There are those who'll laugh and not believe Until you feel that touch upon your sleeve The devil had a hold of me The devil had a hold of me I turned my head and I could see The devil had a hold of me I turned my head and I could see The devil had a hold of me

I looked around, been all up and down And I never wasted time on two or three There's only one girl for me There was a time she used to treat me fine But lately she's been acting awful stoned Makes a man weep and moan Eye dee oh lay ee tee Eye dee leedle odle ay oo ee tee Eye dee oh lay ee tee lee tee Deedle odle lee tee My morphine be the death of me You should have seen me and my morphine When we used to go dancing in the war Spin me right off the floor Eye dee oh lay ee tee Eye dee leedle odle ay oo ee tee Eye dee oh lay ee tee lee tee Deedle odle lee tee My morphine be the death of me Morphine, Morphine, what made you so mean? You never used to do me like you do Where's that sweet gal I knew? Eye dee oh lay ee tee Eye dee leedle odle ay oo ee tee Eye dee oh lay ee tee lee tee Deedle odle lee tee My morphine be the death of me My morphine

One mornin', one mornin' as work I begun What did I see ridin' out of the sun On the road from Lexington One rider, one rider beatin' the breeze Down on his saddle, low to his knees Comin' through my willow trees Now closer, the terrible work of the gun Was stiffened and black where his blood all had run But I knew my wayward son One mornin', one mornin' the boy of my breast Came to my door unable to rest Even in the arms of death

In the black dust towns of east Tennessee All the work's about the same And you may not go to a job in the ground But you learn the miner's refrain I'm down in a hole, I'm down in a hole Down in a deep, dark hole I'm down in a hole, I'm down in a hole Down in a deep, dark hole When you search the rain for the silver cloud And you wait on days of gold When you pitch to the bottom and the dirt comes down You cry so cold, so cold I'm down in a hole, I'm down in a hole Down in a deep, dark hole I'm down in a hole, I'm down in a hole Down in a deep, dark hole Now there's something good in a worried song For the trouble in your soul 'Cause a worried man who's been a long way down Down in a deep dark hole I'm down in a hole, I'm down in a hole Down in a deep, dark hole I'm down in a hole, I'm down in a hole Down in a deep, dark hole I'm down in a deep, dark hole

I can't be called, begged, or bought If you want to be my Johnny on the spot Honey now now now Honey now now now You know later won't do me no good anyhow Honey now now now The front door's shut, back door too Blinds pulled down, what you gonna do? Honey now now now Honey now now now You know later won't do me no good anyhow Honey now now now You take your time and get me sore Tell me what you wanna keep waiting for Honey now now now Honey now now now You know later won't do me no good anyhow Honey now now now Now now now Now now now Now now now Now now now You know later won't do me no good anyhow Honey now now now

Nobody knows what waits ahead Beyond the earth and sky La la la la, I'm not afraid to die And let the work of my own hand Be broken by and by La la la la, I'm not afraid to die Sometimes it finds me fast asleep And wakes me where I lie La la la la, I'm not afraid to die Forget my sins upon the wind My hobo soul will rise La la la la, I'm not afraid to die La la la la, I'm not afraid to die

Round, round, wanna go round Wanna see the rock of ages When my body gives out Gonna read the final pages Oh, my mother is gone She told me I should meet her Someday streets of gold Gonna guide me on to greet her Once my father sat down And told me of the prophets Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John They're gone but not forgotten Round, round, wanna go round Wanna see the rock of ages Till my body gives out Gonna read the gospel pages Moses heard a voice It called him up the mountain Forty days had set When Moses come a shoutin' Round, round, wanna go round Wanna see the rock of ages When my body gives out Gonna read the final pages Round, round, wanna go round Wanna see the rock of ages Till my body gives out Gonna read the gospel pages Round, round, wanna go round Wanna see the rock of ages When my body gives out Gonna read the final pages

Nowhere man and the whiskey girl Nowhere man and the whiskey girl They loaded up for a weekend in the underworld I'd take you down, honey, if I could I'd take you down, honey, if I could We'd find a place in the sunshine, we'd be feeling good Don't you know that it ain't a crime Don't you know that it ain't a crime If all the squares and the junkmen think you're out of line Nowhere man and the whiskey girl Nowhere man and the whiskey girl They loaded up for a weekend in the underworld

Oh little redbird, come to my window sill Been so lonesome, shaking that morning chill Oh little redbird, open your mouth and say Been so lonesome, just about flown away So long now I've been out In the rain and snow But winter's come and gone A little bird told me so Oh little bluebird, pearly feather breast Five cold nickels all I got left Oh little bluebird, what am I gonna do? Five cold nickels ain't gonna see me through So long now I've been out In the rain and snow But winter's come and gone A little bird told me so Oh little blackbird on my wire line Dark as trouble in this heart of mine Poor little blackbird sings a worried song Dark as trouble till winter's come and gone So long now I've been out In the rain and snow But winter's come and gone A little bird told me so So long now I've been out In the rain and snow But winter's come and gone A little bird told me so

Gillian Welch : Hell Among The Yearlings
1998

Caleb Meyer

Good 'Til Now

The Devil Had A Hold Of Me

My Morphine

One Morning

Miner's Refrain

Honey Now

I'm Not Afraid To Die

Rock Of Ages

Whiskey Girl

Winter's Come And Gone

Gillian Welch : Hell Among The Yearlings 1998