I was riding number nine, heading south from Caroline
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I heard that lonesome whistle blow
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I got in trouble had to roam, I left my gal 'n left my home
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I heard that lonesome whistle blow
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Just a kid acting smart I went and broke my darlings heart
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I guess I was too young to know
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They took me off that Georgia main 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, 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 sit and cry, when that 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, till my bodys 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, I'm in Georgia doin' time
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I herd that lonesome whistle blow
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(I Heard That) Lonesome Whistle
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| Johnny Cash |
