I hear that train a comin' it's a rollin' round the bend Well I ain't seen the sunshine since, I don't when Cause I'm stuck in Folsom Prison and time keeps draggin' on When I hear that whistle blowin', I hang my head and moan

When I was just a baby my momma told me son Always be a good boy don't ever play with guns But I shot a man in Reno just to watch him die When I hear that whistle blowin', I hang my head and cry

I bet there's rich folks eating in fancy dining car I'll bet their drinkin' coffee and smokin' big cigars Well I know I had it comin' I know I can't be free That whistle keeps a blowin' and that what tortures me

If they freed me from this prison and that railroad train were mine I'll bet I'd move out just a little further down the line Far from Folsom Prison that's where I want to stay And I'd let that lonesome whistle blow my blues away

"It lights the footsteps of a girl
With hair of gold and a slim, white grace..
From the dark hall her lover steps
He holds her in a long embrace."

From: "A Scene at Hylton Castle" (Midnight)
in Love of Earth (Marguerite Scribner Frost)

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