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Current version of Tennessee Ernie Ford Lyrics Sixteen Tons (http://www.mp3lyrics.org/t/tennessee-ernie-ford/sixteen-tons...) Current version of the lyrics |
Version 1 of Tennessee Ernie Ford Lyrics Sixteen Tons (http://www.mp3lyrics.org/t/tennessee-ernie-ford/sixteen-tons...) Version 1 of the lyrics | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Some people say a man is made out of mud | Some people say a man is made outta mud. | 1 | ||||||||||
| 2 | A poor man's made out of muscle and blood | A poor man's made outta muscle and blood. | 2 | ||||||||||
| 3 | Muscle and blood and skin and bones | Muscle and blood and skin and bones. | 3 | ||||||||||
| 4 | A mind that's weak and a back that's strong | A mind that's a-weak and a back that's strong. | 4 | ||||||||||
| 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||
| 5 | You load sixteen tons and whattaya get? | You load sixteen tons, what do you get? | 5 | ||||||||||
| 6 | Another day older and deeper in debt | Another day older and deeper in debt. | 6 | ||||||||||
| 7 | St. Peter don'cha call me 'cause I can't go | Saint Peter don't you call me 'cause I can't go. | 7 | ||||||||||
| 8 | I owe my soul to the company store | I owe my soul to the company store{1}. | 8 | ||||||||||
| 2 | 2 | ||||||||||||
| 9 | I was born one morning when the sun didn't shine | I was born one mornin' when the sun didn't shine. | 9 | ||||||||||
| 10 | I picked up my shovel and I walked to the mine | I picked up my shovel and I walked to the mine. | 10 | ||||||||||
| 11 | I loaded sixteen tons of number nine coal | I loaded sixteen tons of number nine coal{2}. | 11 | ||||||||||
| 12 | And the straw boss said, "Well, bless my soul" | And the straw boss{3} said "Well, a-bless my soul." | 12 | ||||||||||
| 3 | 3 | ||||||||||||
| 13 | You load sixteen tons and whattaya get? | You load sixteen tons, what do you get? | 13 | ||||||||||
| 14 | Another day older and deeper in debt | Another day older and deeper in debt. | 14 | ||||||||||
| 15 | St. Peter don'cha call me 'cause I can't go | Saint Peter don't you call me 'cause I can't go. | 15 | ||||||||||
| 16 | I owe my soul to the company store | I owe my soul to the company store. | 16 | ||||||||||
| 4 | 4 | ||||||||||||
| 17 | I was born one morning, it was drizzlin' rain | I was born one mornin', it was drizzlin' rain. | 17 | ||||||||||
| 18 | Fightin' and trouble are my middle name | Fightin' and trouble are my middle name. | 18 | ||||||||||
| 19 | I was raised in the Cane break by an old mama lion | I was raised in the canebrake{4} by an ol' mama lion. | 19 | ||||||||||
| 20 | Can't no high-toned woman make me walk the line | Cain't no-a high-toned woman make me walk the line. | 20 | ||||||||||
| 5 | 5 | ||||||||||||
| 21 | You load sixteen tons and whattaya get? | You load sixteen tons, what do you get? | 21 | ||||||||||
| 22 | Another day older and deeper in debt | Another day older and deeper in debt. | 22 | ||||||||||
| 23 | St. Peter don'cha call me 'cause I can't go | Saint Peter don't you call me 'cause I can't go. | 23 | ||||||||||
| 24 | I owe my soul to the company store | I owe my soul to the company store. | 24 | ||||||||||
| 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||
| 25 | If you see me comin' better step aside | If you see me comin', better step aside. | 25 | ||||||||||
| 26 | A lotta men didn't, a lotta men died | A lotta men didn't, a lotta men died. | 26 | ||||||||||
| 27 | One fist of iron, the other of steel | One fist of iron, the other of steel, | 27 | ||||||||||
| 28 | If the right one don't getcha then the left one will | If the right one don't a-get you, then the left one will. | 28 | ||||||||||
| 7 | 7 | ||||||||||||
| 29 | You load sixteen tons and whattaya get? | You load sixteen tons, what do you get? | 29 | ||||||||||
| 30 | Another day older and deeper in debt | Another day older and deeper in debt. | 30 | ||||||||||
| 31 | St. Peter don'cha call me 'cause I can't go | Saint Peter don't you call me 'cause I can't go. | 31 | ||||||||||
| 32 | I owe my soul to the company store | I owe my soul to the company store. | 32 | ||||||||||
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