Sixteen tons


	Sixteen Tons Tennessee Ernie Ford Written in 1947 by Merle Travis


	The Coal Company


	The Cabin Creek


	The Company Store


	Den här sången skulle mycket väl kunna vara de Amerikanska gruvarbetarna kampsång. Gruvarbetare hade månadslön. Den betalades ut i slutet på månden. De var skyldiga bolaget för bolagets hus de bodde i, för verktygen i gruvan, för livsmedel till familjen och för varje läkarräkning. De hade inget annat val än att handla från bolaget. De betalades med kuponger, inte kontanta pengar, och de kunde bara användas i bolagets affär - The Company Store.


	Some people say a man is made outta mud A poor man's made outta muscle and blood Muscle and blood and skin and bones A mind that's a-weak and a back that's strong 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" 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', it was drizzlin' rain Fightin' and trouble are my middle name I was raised in the canebrake* by an ol' mama lion Cain't no-a high-toned woman make me walk the line 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 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 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

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