Sixteen Tons

Some people say a man is made outta mud A poor man쨈s made outta muscle and blood Muscle and blood and skin and bones A mind that쨈s a-weak and a back that쨈s strong You load sixteen tons, what do you get? Another day older and deeper in debt Saint Peter don쨈t you call me 쨈cause I can쨈t go I owe my soul to the company store I was born one mornin쨈 when the sun didn쨈t 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 쨈Well, a-bless my soul쨈 You load sixteen tons, what do you get? Another day older and deeper in debt Saint Peter don쨈t you call me 쨈cause I can쨈t go I owe my soul to the company store I was born one mornin쨈, it was drizzlin쨈 rain Fightin쨈 and trouble are my middle name I was raised in the canebrake* by an ol쨈 mama lion Cain쨈t 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 don쨈t you call me 쨈cause I can쨈t go I owe my soul to the company store If you see me comin쨈, better step aside A lotta men didn쨈t, a lotta men died One fist of iron, the other of steel If the right one don쨈t 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 don쨈t you call me 쨈cause I can쨈t go I owe my soul to the company store