I Heard That Lonesome Whistle

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I was riding Number Nine
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Headin' south from Carolin'
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I heard that lonesome whistle blow

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Got in trouble, had to roam
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Left my gal and left my home
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I heard that lonesome whistle blow

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Just a kid actin' smart
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I went and broke my darlin's heart
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I guess I was too young to know

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They took me off the Georgia Main
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Locked me to a ball and chain
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I heard that lonesome whistle blow

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All alone I bear the shame
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I'm a number, not a name
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I heard that lonesome whistle blow

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All I do is set and cry
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When the evenin' train goes by
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I heard that lonesome whistle blow

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I'll be locked here in this cell
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Til my body's just a shell
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And my hair turns whiter than snow

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I'll never see that gal of mine
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Lord, I'm in Georgia doing time
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I heard that lonesome whistle blow