Sixteen Tons-Tennessee Ernie Ford

[00:02.171]Sixteen Tons -Tennessee Ernie Ford [00:05.291]Some people say a man [00:08.601]Is made outta mud [00:10.221]A poor man's made [00:11.781]Outta muscle and blood [00:13.531]Muscle and blood [00:14.961]And skin and bones [00:17.151]A mind that's a-weak [00:18.401]And a back that's strong [00:20.81]You load sixteen tons [00:21.771]What do you get [00:23.511]Another day older [00:25.71]And deeper in debt [00:26.761]Saint Peter don't you [00:28.71]Call me 'cause I can't go [00:30.191]I owe my soul to the company store [00:39.111]I was born one mornin' [00:42.51]When the sun didn't shine [00:43.671]I picked up my shovel [00:45.171]And I walked to the mine [00:46.731]I loaded sixteen tons [00:48.161]Of number nine coal [00:49.911]And the straw boss said [00:51.531]"Well a-bless my soul" [00:53.341]You load sixteen tons [00:54.961]What do you get [00:56.771]Another day older [00:58.271]And deeper in debt [00:59.771]Saint Peter don't [01:01.201]You call me 'cause I can't go [01:03.11]I owe my soul to [01:05.201]The company store [01:12.381]I was born one mornin' [01:15.121]It was drizzlin'rain [01:17.181]Fightin'and trouble [01:18.491]Are my middle name [01:20.171]I was raised in the [01:21.731]Canebrake by an ol'mama lion [01:23.41]Cain't no-a high-toned [01:23.911]Woman make me walk the line [01:26.781]You load sixteen tons [01:28.221]What do you get [01:29.591]Another day older [01:31.711]And deeper in debt [01:33.521]Saint Peter don't you [01:34.771]Call me 'cause I can't go [01:36.461]I owe my soul [01:38.201]To the company store [01:46.751]If you see me comin' [01:49.561]Better step aside [01:51.241]A lotta men didn't [01:52.871]A lotta men died [01:54.741]One fist of iron [01:56.301]The other of steel [01:57.731]If the right [01:58.611]One don't a-get you [01:59.541]Then the left one will [02:01.41]You load sixteen tons [02:02.601]What do you get [02:04.291]Another day older [02:06.31]And deeper in debt [02:07.531]Saint Peter don't you [02:09.91]Call me 'cause I can't go [02:10.901]I owe my soul to [02:25.441]The company store