sixteen ton Lyrics

erine ford
Miscellaneous
sixteen ton
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.
St. 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 store boss said
“Well bless my soul.”
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Chorus You load sixteen tons…..


I was born one morning
it was drizzling rain.
Fighting and trouble
are my middle name.
I was raised in the cambric
by an ol’ mama lion.
Can’t know a high toned woman
make me walk the line.

Chorus You load sixteen tons…..

If you see me coming
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 get you
the left one will.

Chorus You load sixteen tons…..

erine ford
Miscellaneous
sixteen ton