Lonesome Whistle

I was ridin' No. 9

Heading south from Carolina

I heard that lonesome whistle blow



I've got in trouble, I had to roam

Left my girl and I left my home

I heard that lonesome whistle blow



Just a kid actin' smart

I went and broke my darlin' heart

I guess, I was

I was too young, 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

I'm a number not a name

I heard that lonesome whistle blow



I'll be locked here in this cell

Till my body's just a shell

I heard that lonesome whistle blow



Just a kid actin' smart

I went and broke my darlin' heart

I guess, I was

I was too young, too young to know



I'll never see that girl of mine

I'm in Georgia, doin' time

I heard that lonesome whistle blow



I heard that lonesome whistle blow

Heard that lonesome whistle blow