Lonesome Whistle Lyrics - Hank Snow

I was ridin' Number Nine 

Headin' south from Caroline 

I heard that lonesome whistle blow 

Got in trouble had to roam 

Left my gal and left my home 

I heard that lonesome whistle blow 

Just a kid actin' smart 

I went and broke my darlin'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 

All alone I bear the shame 

I'm a number not a name 

I heard that lonesome whistle blow 

All I do is sit and cry 

When the ev'ning train goes by 

I heard that lonesome whistle blow 

I'll be locked here in this cell 

'Til my body's just a shell 

And my hair turns whiter than the snow 

I'll never see that gal of mine 

Lord, I'm in Georgia, doin' time 

I heard that lonesome whistle blow