Lyrics:

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 darlings 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
Im 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

Ill be locked here in this cell
Till my bodys just a shell
An my hair turns whiter than snow

Ill never see that gal of mine
Im in Georgia, doin time
I heard that lonesome whistle blow