I Heard That Lonesome Whistle

[00:08.87] I was riding Number Nine
[00:12.75] Heading south from Caroline
[00:16.49] I heard that long lonesome whistle blow
[00:24.28] I got in trouble, had to roam
[00:28.23] I left my gal and left her home
[00:32.16] I heard that long lonesome whistle blow
[00:39.90] Just a kid, acting smart
[00:43.77] I went and broke my darling's heart
[00:48.18] I guess I was too young to know
[00:55.11] They took me off the Georgia Main
[00:59.17] Locked me to a ball and chain
[01:02.80] I heard that long lonesome whistle blow
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[01:18.45] All alone I bear the shame
[01:22.34] I'm a number, not a name
[01:25.95] I heard that long lonesome whistle blow
[01:33.77] All I do is sit and cry
[01:37.67] When the evening train goes by
[01:41.54] I heard that long lonesome whistle blow
[01:49.47] I'll be locked here in the cell
[01:53.37] 'Till my body's just a shell
[01:57.28] And my hair turns whiter than snow
[02:04.63] I'll never see that gal of mine
[02:08.83] I'm in Georgia doing time
[02:12.58] I heard that long lonesome whistle blow
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