I Heard That Lonesome Whistle Blow

[00:07.26] I was ridin' number nine
[00:11.76] Headin' South from Caroline
[00:15.31] I heard that lonesome whistle blow
[00:23.59] I got in trouble, had to roam
[00:27.13] I left my gal an' left my home
[00:30.72] I heard that lonesome whistle blow
[00:38.87] Just a kid actin' smart
[00:42.52] I went and broke my darling's heart
[00:46.13] I guess I was too young to know
[00:54.24] They took me off the Georgia Main
[00:57.83] Locked me to a ball and chain
[01:01.59] I heard that lonesome whistle blow
[01:17.60] All alone I bear the shame
[01:21.19] I'm a number, not a name
[01:24.86] I heard that lonesome whistle blow
[01:32.96] All I do is sit an' cry
[01:36.53] When that evenin' train goes by
[01:40.14] I heard that lonesome whistle blow
[01:48.34] I'll be locked here in this cell
[01:51.92] 'Til my body's just a shell
[01:55.57] An' my hair turns whiter than snow
[02:03.68] I'll never see that gal of mine
[02:07.20] I'm in Georgia, doin' time
[02:11.84] I heard that lonesome whistle blow
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