Lonesome Whistle Blow - H.P.Lange
I was riding number Nine
Heading 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 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 lonesome whistle blow
Saying cry in all again
I'm a number not a name
I heard that lonesome whistle blow
All I do is sit an' cry
When the evening 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 doing time
I heard that lonesome whistle blow