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Tennessee Ernie Ford( Ernest Jennings Ford )
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Sixteen Tons - 2000 Digital Remaster
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 Find more lyrics at ※ Mojim.com 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
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