I Heard That Lonesome Whistle Blow

[00:07.23] I was ridin' number nine
[00:11.52] Headin' South from Caroline
[00:15.34] I heard that lonesome whistle blow
[00:23.50] I got in trouble, had to roam
[00:27.10] I left my gal an' left my home
[00:30.91] I heard that lonesome whistle blow
[00:39.02] Just a kid actin' smart
[00:42.73] I went and broke my darling's heart
[00:47.19] I guess I was too young to know
[00:54.28] They took me off the Georgia Main
[00:57.87] Locked me to a ball and chain
[01:01.55] I heard that lonesome whistle blow
[01:08.12]
[01:17.50] All alone I bear the shame
[01:21.13] I'm a number, not a name
[01:24.84] I heard that lonesome whistle blow
[01:32.96] All I do is sit an' cry
[01:36.59] When that evenin' train goes by
[01:40.18] I heard that lonesome whistle blow
[01:48.30] I'll be locked here in this cell
[01:51.99] 'Til my body's just a shell
[01:55.56] An' my hair turns whiter than snow
[02:03.64] I'll never see that gal of mine
[02:07.29] I'm in Georgia, doin' time
[02:11.59] I heard that lonesome whistle blow
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