(I heard that) Lonesome whistle

[Verse] I was riding Number 9 Heading south from Caroline I heard that long lonesome whistle blow I got in trouble, had to roam I left his gal and left my home I heard that long 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 long lonesome whistle blow All alone I bears the shame I'm a number, not a name I heard that long lonesome whistle blow All I do is sit and cry When the evening train goes by I heard that long lonesome whistle blow I'll be locked there 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 I'm in Georgia doing time I heard that long lonesome whistle blow