Ernie Ford 16 Tons Lyrics

16 Tons Lyrics

I was born one mornin' when the sun didn't shine

Picked up my shovel and I
walked to the mine

I hauled Sixteen Tons of number 9 coal

And the
store boss said, ""Well, bless my soul""

(Chorus:)

You haul Sixteen
Tons, whadaya 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

Repeat Chorus

Born one morning it was drizzl'n rain

Fightin' and
Trouble are my middle name

I was raised in a canebrake by an old mama
lion

And no high-toned woman make me walk the line

Repeat Chorus

See me comin' better step aside

A lot of men didn't and a lot of men
died

I got one fist of iron and the other of steel

And if the right
one don't get ya, the left one will

Repeat Chorus

Born one mornin'
when the sun didn't shine

Picked up my shovel and I walked to the mine

I hauled Sixteen Tons of number 9 coal

And the store boss said, ""Well,
bless my soul""