i was ridin no 9 heading south from carolina i heard that lonesome whistle blow i ve got in trouble i had to roam left my girl and i left my home i heard that lonesome whistle blow just a kid actin smart i went and broke my darlin heart i guess i was i was too young 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 i m a number not a name i heard that lonesome whistle blow i ll be locked here in this cell till my body s just a shell i heard that lonesome whistle blow just a kid actin smart i went and broke my darlin heart i guess i was i was too young too young to know i ll never see that girl of mine i m in georgia doin time i heard that lonesome whistle blow i heard that lonesome whistle blow heard that lonesome whistle blow