Lonesome Whistle

I was ridin number nine

Headin south from Caroline

I heard that lonesome whistle blow

Got in trouble, had to roam

Left my gal and left my home

I heard that lonesome whistle blow

Just a kid actin smart

I went and broke my darlins heart

I guess I was too young to know

They took me off the Georgia Main

Locked me to a ball and chain

I heard that lonesome whistle blow

All alone I bear the shame

Im a number not a name

I heard that lonesome whistle blow

All I do is sit and cry

When the evenin train goes by

I heard that lonesome whistle blow

Ill be locked here in this cell

Till my bodys just a shell

And my hair turns whiter than snow

Ill never see that gal of mine

Lord, Im in Georgia doin time

I heard that lonesome whistle blow

I heard that lonesome whistle blow