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[ti:Sixteen Tons]
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[00:03.17]Sixteen Tons - Tennessee Ernie Ford
[00:06.29]Some people say a man
[00:09.60]Is made outta mud
[00:11.22]A poor man's made
[00:12.78]Outta muscle and blood
[00:14.53]Muscle and blood
[00:15.96]And skin and bones
[00:18.15]A mind that's a-weak
[00:19.40]And a back that's strong
[00:21.08]You load sixteen tons
[00:22.77]What do you get
[00:24.51]Another day older
[00:26.07]And deeper in debt
[00:27.76]Saint Peter don't you
[00:29.07]Call me 'cause I can't go
[00:31.19]I owe my soul to the company store
[00:40.11]I was born one mornin'
[00:43.05]When the sun didn't shine
[00:44.67]I picked up my shovel
[00:46.17]And I walked to the mine
[00:47.73]I loaded sixteen tons
[00:49.16]Of number nine coal
[00:50.91]And the straw boss said
[00:52.53]\"Well a-bless my soul\"
[00:54.34]You load sixteen tons
[00:55.96]What do you get
[00:57.77]Another day older
[00:59.27]And deeper in debt
[01:00.77]Saint Peter don't
[01:02.20]You call me 'cause I can't go
[01:04.01]I owe my soul to
[01:06.20]The company store
[01:13.38]I was born one mornin'
[01:16.12]It was drizzlin' rain
[01:18.18]Fightin' and trouble
[01:19.49]Are my middle name
[01:21.17]I was raised in the
[01:22.73]Canebrake by an ol' mama lion
[01:24.04]Cain't no-a high-toned
[01:24.91]Woman make me walk the line
[01:27.78]You load sixteen tons
[01:29.22]What do you get
[01:30.59]Another day older
[01:32.71]And deeper in debt
[01:34.52]Saint Peter don't you
[01:35.77]Call me 'cause I can't go
[01:37.46]I owe my soul
[01:39.20]To the company store
[01:47.75]If you see me comin'
[01:50.56]Better step aside
[01:52.24]A lotta men didn't
[01:53.87]A lotta men died
[01:55.74]One fist of iron
[01:57.30]The other of steel
[01:58.73]If the right
[01:59.61]One don't a-get you
[02:00.54]Then the left one will
[02:02.04]You load sixteen tons
[02:03.60]What do you get
[02:05.29]Another day older
[02:07.03]And deeper in debt
[02:08.53]Saint Peter don't you
[02:10.09]Call me 'cause I can't go
[02:11.90]I owe my soul to
[02:26.44]The company store