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Porter Wagoner – I Heard That Lonesome Whistle (1967) | Track profile | Dork

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Porter Wagoner
Soul of a Convict
I Heard That Lonesome Whistle

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I Heard That Lonesome Whistle

Release date: 1st February 1967

From Soul of a Convict

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About This Track

"I Heard That Lonesome Whistle" is a track by Porter Wagoner, from the album Soul of a Convict, released 1st February 1967. Full lyrics are available below.

Lyrics

I Heard That Lonesome Whistle

I was ridin' No 9 headin' south from Caroline

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

Got in trouble had to roam left my gal and left my home

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

Just a kid acting smart I went and broke my darling'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 lone-vow-vow-some whistle blow

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

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

All I do is sit and cry when that evening train goes by

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

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

And my hair turns whiter than snow

I'll never see that gal of mine cause I'm in Georgia doing time

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

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Track details

From Soul of a Convict

1967

Album

Soul of a Convict

Release year

1967

—I Heard That Lonesome Whistle

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Because One of Us Was Wrong

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