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 darlin's 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
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 All alone I bear the shame
 I'm a number not a name
 I heard that lonesome whistle blow
 All I do is sit and cry
 When the ev'ning train goes by
 I heard that lonesome whistle blow
 I'll be locked here in this cell
 'Til my body's just a shell
 And my hair turns whiter than the snow
 I'll never see that gal of mine
 Lord, I'm in Georgia doin' time
 I heard that lonesome whistle blow