I was riding number nine heading south from Caraloine

Iheard that lonesome whistle blow

Just a kid acting smart iwent and broke my darlings heart

They took me off that Georgia main locked me to a ball and chain

Iherd that lonesome whistle blow

I'll be locked in this cell till my bodys just a shell

I'never see that girl of mine I'm in Georgia doing time

I herd that lonesome whistle blow