Sixteen Tons (Live Version)

Sixteen Tons (Live) - The Weavers

Written by：Merle Travis

Will man some folks say a man is made out of mud

A poor man's made out of muscle and blood

Muscle and blood skin and bones

A mind that's a weak and a back that's strong

You load sixteen tons and what do you get

You 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

Will I was born one morning when the sun didn't shine

I grab my shovel and I walked to the mine

I loaded sixteen tons of number nine coal

And the straw boss holly well a bless your soul

You load sixteen tons and what do you get

You 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

What I was born one morning in the drizzling rain

Fighting and trouble been my middle name

You see me coming you better step aside

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

You load sixteen tons and what do you get

You 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

I owe my soul to the company store