Song information On this page you can read the lyrics of the song Sixteen Tons , by - Dave Dudley. Song from the album Songs About The Working Man, in the genre КантриRelease date: 19.11.2019
Record label: Limitless Int
Song language: English
Sixteen Tons |
| Some people say a man’s made outta mud a poor man’s made outta 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 what do you get just another day older deeper and debt |
| St Peter don’t you call me I cause 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 a shovel walked out to the mine |
| I loaded sixteen tons of No 9 coal and the storeboss said well bless my soul |
| You load sixteen tons… |
| I was born one mornin' it was drizzlin' rain |
| A figtin' and trouble that’s my middle name |
| I was risin' the cane raiped by that ol' mom of mine |
| Ain’t no hightoned woman makes me walk the line |
| You load sixteen tons… |
| Well if you see me comin' you better step aside a lotta men didn’t a lotta men |
| died |
| One fist is iron the other one’s steel |
| If the right one don’t get you then the left one will |
| You load sixteen tons… |