Songs:16 Tons (3542)

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Trivia, story behind the song, etc.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sixteen_Tons

"Sixteen Tons" is a song about the misery of coal mining. Although generally credited as being written in 1947 by U.S. country singer Merle Travis, it has also been claimed that the Travis version was actually plagiarized from an earlier song called "Nine-to-ten tons", written by a singer called George S. Davis in the 1930s. A 1955 version recorded by 'Tennessee' Ernie Ford was on the b-side of his cover of the Moon Mullican standard, "You Don't Have to Be a Baby to Cry". However, it was Ford's "Sixteen Tons" that reached number one in the Billboard charts, besting the performance of the competing version by Johnny Desmond.

Lyrics

Some people say a man
is made out of mud
A poor mans made
out of muscle and blood.
Muscle and blood,
and skin and bones
A mind thats weak
and a back thats strong.

You load sixteen tons
and what do you get?
Another day older
and deeper in debt.
St. Peter dont you call me
Cause I cant go.
I owe my soul to the company store.

I was born one morning
when the sun didnt 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.

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.
Cant 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 didnt,
a lotta men died.
One fist of iron,
the other of steel.
If the right one dont get you
the left one will.

Chorus You load sixteen tons..

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16 Tons by Christopher B Band SONG
on the album Nature Of The Heart Buy Christopher B Band at CD-Baby Any album (including Nature Of The Heart)	Request this song: 16 Tons (Only logged in and authenticated users can make requests.) Overall rating: (23 votes) Your rating: You have to login to give your opinion about songs. Length: 3:43 Times played: 68 People hearing: 1118 Times requested: 28 First played: Dec 15th, 2002 Last played: Jul 31st, 2008 Previously played: Jun 24th, 2008 Song ID#: 3542	Listener rankings: 5 stars=Reed ♦ Ruben ♦ Chili ♦ perroduke ♦ Jenny 4 stars=Jim ♦ Beukeboom ♦ sparx ♦ countrydave ♦ Kazookid ♦ Griffin ♦ Kimchifox ♦ Scobey ♦ ReWoven ♦ Atuuschaaw ♦ Sharpston 3 stars=JC ♦ Hexaba ♦ DogNut ♦ 12-stringer ♦ CooleyBufo ♦ Doctordoug ♦ Mert