I Heard That Lonesome Whsitle Lyrics - Johnny Cash

He was riding Number 9 

Heading south from Caroline 

He heard that long lonesome whistle blow 

Got in trouble, had to roam 

Left his gal and left his home 

He heard that long lonesome whistle blow 

Just a kid, acting smart 

He went and broke his darling's heart 

I guess he was too young to know 

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They took him off the Georgia Main 

Locked him to a ball and chain 

He heard that long lonesome whistle blow 

All alone he bears the shame 

He's a number, not a name 

He heard that long lonesome whistle blow 

All he does is sit and cry 

When the evening train goes by 

He heard that long lonesome whistle blow 

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He'll be locked there in this cell 

'Til his body's just a shell 

And his hair turns whiter than snow 

He'll never see that gal he pines 

He's in Georgia doing time 

He heard that long lonesome whistle blow