Lonesome Whistle

I was riding number nine, heading south from Caroline I heard that lonesome whistle blow I got in trouble had to roam, I left my gal 'n left my home I heard that lonesome whistle blow Just a kid acting smart I went and broke my darlings heart I guess I was too young to know They took me off that 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 sit and cry, when that evenin' train goes by I heard that lonesome whistle blow I'll be locked here in this cell, till my bodys just a shell And my hair turns whiter than snow I'll never see that gal of mine, I'm in Georgia doin' time I herd that lonesome whistle blow