I HEARD THAT LONESOME WHISTLE BLOW
INTRO:
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I was riding Number 9
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Heading south from Caroline
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I heard that long lonesome whistle blow
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Got in trouble, had to roam
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Left my gal and left my home
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I heard that long lonesome whistle blow
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Just a kid, acting smart
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I went and broke my darling's heart
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I guess I was too young to know
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They took me off the Georgia Main
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Locked me to a ball and chain
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I heard that long lonesome whistle blow
SOLO:
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All alone I bears the shame
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I’m a number, not a name
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I heard that long lonesome whistle blow

All I do is sit and cry
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When the evening train goes by
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I heard that long lonesome whistle blow
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I'll be locked there in this cell
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'Til my body's just a shell
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And my hair turns whiter than snow
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I'll never see that gal of mine
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I’m in Georgia doing time
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I heard that long lonesome whistle blow