Request for Tennesse Ernie Ford's---"16 Tons"
Tigerlo168
I'm not sure if that's the right artist but I'd be most thankful to anyone
who could give me the lyrics, or tell me somewhere I can get them.
Part of the chorus is( I think):
<<You load 16 tons and what do you get
Another day older and deeper in debt
St. Peter don't you call me 'cause I can't go
Own my soul to the company store>>
Joe Offer
Tigerlo168 <tiger...@aol.com> wrote in article
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> I'm not sure if that's the right artist but I'd be most thankful to
anyone
> who could give me the lyrics, or tell me somewhere I can get them.
>
http://www.deltablues.com/dbsearch.html
SIXTEEN TONS
(Merle Travis)
Some people say a man is made outa mud
A poor man's made outa muscle 'n blood...
Muscle an' blood an' skin an' bone
A mind that's weak and a back that's strong
cho: You load sixteen tons an' whaddya get?
Another day older an' deeper in debt
Saint Peter doncha call me 'cause I can't go
I owe my soul to the company sto'
If ya hear me a-comin' ya better step aside
A lotta men din't an' a lotta men died
With one fist of iron an' the other of steel
If the right one don' getcha then the left one will.
I was born one mornin' when the sun didn't shine
Picked up my shovel and I went to the mine
Loaded sixteen tons of number nine coal
And the strawboss said, "Well, Bless my soul!"
I was born one morning in the drizzlin' rain
Fightin' and trouble are my middle name
I was raised in the canebreak by an' ol' mama hound
Ain't no high-tone woman gonna push me around.
Copyright American Music, Inc.
Hope that helps.
-Joe-
Jen's Page!
tiger...@aol.com (Tigerlo168) wrote:
>I'm not sure if that's the right artist but I'd be most thankful to anyone
>who could give me the lyrics, or tell me somewhere I can get them.
SIXTEEN TONS
Some people say a man is made out of mud,
A poor man's made out of muscle and blood.
Muscle and blood and skin and bones,
A mind that's weak and a back that's strong.
CHORUS:
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."
(CHORUS)
I was born one mornin' it was drizzlin' rain,
A fightin' and trouble are my middle name,
I was raised in a canebrake by an ole mama lion,
Cain't no high-toned woman make me walk the line.
(CHORUS)
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.
(CHORUS)
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TAllred75
Tigerlo,
This is what I can come up with from memory. I'll try to find my record
and listen again to make sure.
Regards,
Tommy
SIXTEEN TONS - Tennessee Ernie Ford
Some people say a man is made out of mud
A poor man's made out of muscle and blood
Muscle and blood and skin and bones
A mind that's weak and a back that's strong
You load sixteen tons and 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 morning 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 bless my soul."
You load sixteen tons and 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 morning it was drizzlin' rain
Fightin' and trouble are my middle name
Raised in a cane-break by an old mama lion
Can't no high-tone woman make me walk the line
You load sixteen tons and 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 coming better step aside
A lot of men didn't, a lot of men died
One fist of iron the other of steel
If the right one don't get you then the left one will
You load sixteen tons and what do you get
Another day older and deeper in debt
Saint Peter don't you call me 'cause I can't go
Lakebob
Hi-
As best as I can remember...
SOME PEOPLE SAY A MAN IS MADE OUT OF MUD/ A POOR MAN'S MADE OUT OF
MUSCLE AND BLOOD/ MUSCLE AND BLOOD AND SKIN AND BONE/ A MIND THAT'S
WEAK AND A BACK THAT'S STRONG/
[chorus] YOU LOAD 16 T/ WHATA YA GET/ ANOTH DAY OLDER AND DEEPER IN
DEBT/ ST PETER DONTYA CALL ME CAUS I CAN'T GO/ I O MY SOUL TO THE COMP
STORE/
I WAS BORN ONE MORNING WHEN THE SUN DIDN'T SHINE/ PICKED UP MY
SHOVEL AND I WALKED TO THE MINE/ I LOADED 16 TONS O NUMBER NINE COAL/
AND THE STRAW BOSS SAID "WELL BLESS MY SOUL"/
[chorus]
I WAS BORN ONE MORN IT WAS DRIZZLIN RAIN/_________________?/ RAISED
IN A CAINBREAK[?] BY AN OLD MAMA LION/ AIN'T NO HIGH-TONED WOMAN MAKE ME
WALK THE LINE/
[ch]
IF YOU SEE ME COMIN BETTER STEP ASIDE/ A LOTTA MEN DIDN'T AND A
LOTTA MEN DIED/ ONE FIST OF IRON, THE OTHER OF STEEL/ IF THE RIGHT ONE
DON'T GET YA THEN THE LEFT ONE WILL/
[CH]
That's the best I can do. I have'ne heard the song since I was a kid
and it was on the radio. [Holy shit, I'M OLD!]
William Ludwig
To fill in the blank: "Fightin' and Trouble are (is) my middle
name(s)...
Bill (old too, I guess)