[00:08.55]I was riding number nine
[00:12.47]Heading South from Caroline
[00:16.21]I heard that lonesome whistle blow
[00:23.94]I got in trouble, had to roam
[00:27.85]I left my gal and left my home
[00:31.83]I heard that lonesome whistle blow
[00:39.68]Just a kid, actin' smart
[00:43.33]I went and broke my darling's heart
[00:47.74]I guess I was too young to know
[00:54.85]They took me off the Georgia Main
[00:58.71]Locked me to a ball and chain
[01:02.42]I heard that lonesome whistle blow
[01:18.35]All alone I bear the shame
[01:22.21]I'm a number, not a name
[01:25.93]I heard that lonesome whistle blow
[01:33.70]All I do is sit and cry
[01:37.50]When that evenin' train goes by
[01:41.35]I heard that lonesome whistle blow
[01:49.22]I'll be locked here in this cell
[01:53.07]Till my body's just a shell
[01:56.97]And my hair turns whiter than snow
[02:04.47]I'll never see that gal of mine
[02:08.65]I'm in Georgia, doin' time
[02:12.34]I heard that lonesome whistle blow