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(I Heard That) Lonesome Whistle

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Page type: lyric reference Artist: Johnny Cash Canonical path: /johnny-cash/i-heard-that-lonesome-whistle Related lyric paths: 6

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(I Heard That) Lonesome Whistle

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I was ridin' No 9 headin' south from Caroline

I heard that lone-woa-woa-some whistle blow

I got in trouble had to roam I left my gal and left my home

I heard that lone-woa-woa-some whistle blow

Just a kid acting 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 lone-woa-woa-some whistle blow

All alone I bear the shame I'm a number not a name

I heard that lone-woa-woa-some whistle blow

All I do is sit and cry when that evenin' train goes by

I heard that lone-woa-woa-some whistle blow

I'll be locked here in this cell till my body's just a shell

And my hair turns whiter than snow

I'll never see that gal of mine I'm in Georgia doin' time

I heard that lone-woa-woa-some whistle blow

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