I was riding number nine
Heading south from caraloine
I heard that lonesome whistle blow

I got in trouble had to roam

I left my gal an´ left my home
I heard that lonesome whistle blow

Just a kid actin´ smart
I went and broke my darling´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 an´ cry
When that evenin´ train goes by
I heard that lonesome whistle blow

I´ll be locked here in this cell
Till my body´s just a shell
An´ my hair turns whiter than snow

I´ll never see that gal of mine
I´m in georgia doin´ time
I heard that lonesome whistle blow