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Track: Sixteen Tons
Artist: Tennessee Ernie Ford
Album: Sixteen Tons

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Name: Tennessee Ernie Ford
Spotify Genres: christian country, classic country
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Born February 13, 1919 in Bristol, TN, United States, died October 17, 1991 in Reston, VA, United States. He was a pioneering U.S. recording artist and television host who enjoyed success in the country & western, pop, and gospel musical genres.

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Release: "Tennessee" Ernie Ford* - Sixteen Tons
Year: 1955
Genres: Funk / Soul, Pop, Folk, World, & Country
Styles: Vocal, Rhythm & Blues, Country

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LYRICS

(Merle Travis)
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

You load sixteen tons, what do you get
Another day older and deeper in debt
Saint Peter don't you 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 "Well, a-bless my soul"

You load sixteen tons, what do you get
Another day older and deeper in debt
Saint Peter don't you 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 ol' mama lion
Cain't no-a high-toned woman make me walk the line

You load sixteen tons, what do you get
Another day older and deeper in debt
Saint Peter don't you call me 'cause I can't go
I owe my soul to the company store

If you 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 a-get you
Then the left one will

You load sixteen tons, what do you get
Another day older and deeper in debt
Saint Peter don't you call me 'cause I can't go
I owe my soul to the company store