(I Heard That) Lonesome Whistle Blow

Artist Name

Hank Williams

Release

1951

DI was riding number D⁷nine

Heading Gsouth from DCaroline

I heard that loneA⁷some whistle Dblow

Got in trouble had to roam

Left my gal and left my home

I heard that lone some whistle blow

Just a Gkid actin' smart

I went and Dbroke my darlin's heart

I guess I was too young to A⁷know

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

All I do is sit and cry

When the ev'nin' train goes by

I heard that lonesome whistle blow.

I'll be Glocked here in this cell

Til my Dbody's just a shell

And my hair turns whiter than A⁷snow

I'll never see that gal of mine

Lord, I'm in Georgia doin' time

I heard that lonesome whistle blow.