"You load sixteen tons, and what do you get? Another day older and deeper in debt

[RedEarth]

Some people say a man is made out of mud
A poor man's made out of muscle and blood
Muscle and blood and skin and bones
A mind that's weak and a back that's strong

Chorus:
You load sixteen tons, and whattaya get?
Another day older and deeper in debt
St. Peter don'cha call me, cause I can't go
I owe my soul to the company store

I was born one morning 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 bless my soul!"

Chorus

I was born one morning, it was drizzlin' rain
Fightin' and trouble are my middle name
I was raised in the canebreak by an old mama lion
Cain't no high-toned woman make me walk the line

Chorus

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 getcha then the left one will

Chorus

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=boXa8c6OuRQ&feature=related

[rjones2818]

1. Actually...

this one's better!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ea5l2zu8rmk

Go Dennis! :woohoo:
http://dennis4president.com
Vote your conscience, choose peace!

[teleharmonium]

3. musique

great song, but Dennis needs to never sing again. Liz would have run the other way if she had heard that on the first date.

[Elwood P Dowd]

2. I like the ole' Tennessee Ernie Ford

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6aO45IxvYgo

This one is a little better recording......

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NBkrAESUbyI

[kineneb]

6. I still have the grandparent's 78rpm record

I grew up listening to some of their collection, including the Tennessee Ernie Ford version. It is great.

[Elwood P Dowd]

7. My parents had that 78 back in the '50s.

On the lighter side, they had a 78 (or was it a 45) of Andy Griffith's "What is was, was football". I use to play it over and over and laugh my ass off.

[MikeNearMcChord]

4. Goodness Gracious that song is pea-picking good!

Here is another song that is similar by Lee Dorsey
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U2AjiSwBZoc

[Elwood P Dowd]

5. Remember Cousin Ernie on the I Love Lucy Show?

Some funny stuff when I was a kid in the '50s.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bIt7Rl4YfOQ

[spanone]

8. written by merle travis

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0OC1kANNEbA