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Sixteen Tons

In the style of

"Tennessee" Ernie Ford

Lyrics

some people say
a man is made
outta mud
a poor man's made
outta muscle
and blood

muscle and blood and
skin and bones
a mind that's-a weak
and a back
that's strong
ya load sixteen tons
what do ya get

another day older
and deeper in debt
saint peter
don't ya call me
'cause i can't go
i owe my soul to
the company store

i was born
one mornin'
when the sun
didn't shine

i picked up my shovel
and i walked
to the mine
i loaded sixteen tons
of number nine coal

and the straw boss
said-a well
a-bless my soul
ya load sixteen tons
what do ya get

another day older
and deeper in debt
saint peter
don't ya call me
'cause i can't go
i owe my soul to
the company store

i was born one mornin'
it was drizzlin' rain
fightin' and trouble
are my middle name

i was raised in
the canebrake by
an old mama lion
can't no
high-tone woman
make me walk the line
ya load sixteen tons
what do ya get

another day older
and deeper in debt
saint peter
don't ya call me
'cause i can't go
i owe my soul to
the company store

if ya see me comin'
better step aside
a lotta men didn't
a lotta men died

one fist of iron
the other of steel
if the right one don't
get you then
the left one will
ya load sixteen tons
what do ya get

another day older
and deeper in debt
saint peter
don't ya call me
'cause i can't go
i owe my soul
to the company store

Details

  • Duration : 2:35
  • Key : Bm
  • Genre : Country
  • Year released : 1955
  • Language : English

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