| Lyrics: | I was ridin' Number Nine,
Headin' south from Caroline.
I heard that lonesome whistle blow.
Got in trouble, had to roam,
Left my gal an' left my home.
I heard that lonesome
whistle blow.
Just a kid, actin' 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 lonesome whistle blow.
All alone I bear the shame,
I'm a number,
not a name.
I heard that lonesome whistle blow.
All I do is set [sic] an' cry
When the
evenin' train goes by.
I heard that lonesome whistle blow.
I'll be locked here in
this cell
Till my body's just a shell
An' my hair turns whiter than snow.
I'll never
see that gal of mine.
Lord, I'm in Georgia doin' time.
I heard that lonesome whistle blow. |
