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