[For previous ballads about the Balladeer, click the "On the Road with Silver John" label under Features in the right sidebar.]
"Call Me From the Valley"
Caught out in a mountain storm, John seeks
A place to haven him until the squalling's done.
But he soon discovers the lone cabin he enters
Is a haunted home in more ways than one.
The young occupant's engaged in a strange mating rite
Meant to call forth the man she loves most.
A pity, then, that her "dumb supper" party is crashed
By a covetous ancestor turned malevolent ghost.
Manly Wade Wellman's short story "Call Me From the Valley" can be found in Owls Hoot in the Daytime & Other Omens.
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