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I was riding number nine |
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Heading South from Caroline |
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I heard that lonesome whistle blow |
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I got in trouble, had to roam |
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I left my gal and left my home |
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I heard that lonesome whistle blow |
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Just a kid, actin' 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 lonesome whistle blow |
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All alone I bear the shame |
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I'm a number, not a name |
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I heard that lonesome whistle blow |
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All I do is sit and cry |
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When that evenin' train goes by |
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I heard that lonesome whistle blow |
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I'll be locked here in this cell |
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Till 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, doin' time |
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I heard that lonesome whistle blow |