Erine Ford Sixteen Ton Lyrics

Sixteen Ton 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..