(I Heard That) Lonesome Whistle

[00:08.65] I was riding Number Nine
[00:12.21] Heading south from Caroline
[00:16.04] I heard that long lonesome whistle blow
[00:23.51] I got in trouble, had to roam
[00:28.07] I left my gal and left her home
[00:31.89] I heard that long lonesome whistle blow
[00:39.69] Just a kid, acting smart
[00:43.39] I went and broke my darling's heart
[00:47.72] I guess I was too young to know
[00:54.73] They took me off the Georgia Main
[00:58.88] Locked me to a ball and chain
[01:02.35] I heard that long lonesome whistle blow
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[01:18.24] All alone I bear the shame
[01:22.10] I'm a number, not a name
[01:25.59] I heard that long lonesome whistle blow
[01:33.42] All I do is sit and cry
[01:37.18] When the evening train goes by
[01:41.05] I heard that long lonesome whistle blow
[01:49.12] I'll be locked here in the cell
[01:52.51] 'Till my body's just a shell
[01:56.82] And my hair turns whiter than snow
[02:04.39] I'll never see that gal of mine
[02:08.47] I'm in Georgia doing time
[02:11.95] I heard that long lonesome whistle blow
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