I Heard That Lonesome Whistle

[00:08.84] I was ridin' number nine
[00:12.82] Headin' South from Caroline
[00:16.93] I heard that lonesome whistle blow
[00:24.47] I got in trouble, had to roam
[00:28.36] I left my gal an' left my home
[00:32.15] I heard that lonesome whistle blow
[00:39.91] Just a kid actin' smart
[00:43.87] I went and broke my darling's heart
[00:47.71] I guess I was too young to know
[00:55.29] They took me off the Georgia Main
[00:59.16] Locked me to a ball and chain
[01:03.08] I heard that lonesome whistle blow
[01:08.88]
[01:18.47] All alone I bear the shame
[01:22.22] I'm a number, not a name
[01:26.13] I heard that lonesome whistle blow
[01:33.87] All I do is sit an' cry
[01:37.87] When that evenin' train goes by
[01:41.95] I heard that lonesome whistle blow
[01:49.36] I'll be locked here in this cell
[01:53.22] 'Til my body's just a shell
[01:57.56] An' my hair turns whiter than snow
[02:04.89] I'll never see that gal of mine
[02:08.97] I'm in Georgia, doin' time
[02:12.86] I heard that lonesome whistle blow
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