Some people say a man's made outta mud a poor man's made outta muscle and blood
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Muscle and blood and skin and bones a mind that's weak and a back that's strong
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You load sixteen tons what do you get just another day older deeper and debt
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St Peter don't you call me I cause can't go I owe my soul to the company store
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[ guitar ]
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I was born one mornin' when the sun didn't shine
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I picked up a shovel walked out to the mine
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I loaded sixteen tons of No 9 coal and the storeboss said well bless my soul
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You load sixteen tons...
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[ guitar ]
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I was born one mornin' it was drizzlin' rain
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A figtin' and trouble that's my middle name
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I was risin' the cane raiped by that ol' mom of mine
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Ain't no hightoned woman makes me walk the line
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You load sixteen tons...
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[ guitar ]
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Well if you see me comin' you better step aside a lotta men didn't a lotta men died
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One fist is iron the other one's steel
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If the right one don't get you then the left one will
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You load sixteen tons...
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Sixteen Tons
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| Dave Dudley |
