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