Sixteen Tons-Louis Nunley/The Fireside Singers

[ti:Sixteen Tons] [ar:Various Artists] [al:Reader's Digest Music: Country Sings The Blues] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Sixteen Tons (十六吨) - Various Artists (欧美群星) [00:04.54]Written by：Merle Travis Newman/Lebowsky Travis [00:09.09]Some people say a man is made outta mud [00:13.19] [00:13.92]A poor man's made outta muscle and blood [00:17.49] [00:18.38]Muscle and blood and skin and bones [00:22.40]A mind that's a weak and a back that's strong [00:26.63]You load sixteen tons what do you get [00:30.58] [00:31.27]Another day older and deeper in debt [00:35.35]Saint peter don't you call me 'cause I can't go [00:39.75]I owe my soul to the company store [00:46.23] [00:52.91]Now I was born one mornin' when the sun didn't shine [00:57.00] [00:57.87]I picked up my shovel and I walked to the mine [01:01.74]I loaded sixteen tons of number nine coal [01:06.37]And the straw boss said well a bless my soul [01:10.69]You load sixteen tons what do you get [01:14.83] [01:15.35]Another day older and deeper in debt [01:19.31]Saint peter don't you call me 'cause I can't go [01:23.93]I owe my soul to the company store [01:30.08] [01:37.11]I was born one mornin' it was drizzlin' rain [01:41.20] [01:41.92]Fightin' and trouble that my middle name [01:45.70]I was raised in the canebrake by an ol' mama lion [01:49.91]Cain't no a high toned woman make me walk the line [01:54.37]You load sixteen tons what do you get [01:58.53] [01:59.27]Another day older and deeper in debt [02:03.16]Saint peter don't you call me 'cause I can't go [02:07.33]I owe my soul to the company store [02:13.81] [02:20.66]Now if you see me comin' better step aside [02:24.62] [02:25.53]A lotta men didn't a lotta men died [02:29.03] [02:29.86]Oh one fist of iron the other of steel [02:33.46]If the right one don't a get you [02:36.04]Then the left one will [02:37.75]You load sixteen tons what do you get [02:42.41]Another day older and deeper in debt [02:46.68]Saint peter don't you call me 'cause I can't go [02:50.65] [02:51.24]I owe my soul to the company store