(I Heard That) Lonesome Whistle

I was riding number nine, a-headin' south from Caroline

I heard that lone-woa-woa-some whistle blow

Got in trouble, had to roam

Left my gal and left my home

I heard that lone-woa-woa-some 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

And locked me to a ball and chain

I heard the lone-woa-woa-some whistle blow

All alone I bear the shame, I'm a number not a name

I heard the lone-woa-woa-some whistle blow

All I do is sit and cry whеn the evenin' train goеs by

I heard the lone-woa-woa-some whistle blow

I'll be locked here in this cell 'til my body's just a shell

And my hair it turns whiter than snow

I'll never see that gal of mine, Lord I'm in Georgia doin' time

I heard that lone-woa-woa-some whistle blow