Sixteen Tons Lyrics Meaning

Sixteen Tons by Tennessee Ernie Ford Ukulele Guitar Instructor

Sixteen Tons Lyrics Meaning. I owe my soul to the company store well, i was born. Web about sixteen tons sixteen tons is a song written by merle travis about a coal miner, based on life in mines in muhlenberg county, kentucky.

Sixteen Tons by Tennessee Ernie Ford Ukulele Guitar Instructor
Sixteen Tons by Tennessee Ernie Ford Ukulele Guitar Instructor

Web 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 was born one mornin' when the sun didn't shine i picked. One fist of iron, the other of steel. Muscle and blood and skin and bones. Web i liked merle travis' songbook. He'd lived in the coal mining community, and my grandfather and my uncle had mined coal. Web sixteen tons by merle travis is a song for the working man in one of the world's most deadly and miserable, but necessary, occupations: Web a poor man's made outta muscle and blood. I owe my soul to the company store. If you see me coming, better step aside. I owe my soul to the company store well, i was born.

Another day older and deeper in debt st peter don't you call me cause i can't go: Web a poor man's made outta muscle and blood. Another day older and deeper in debt st peter don't you call me cause i can't go: If you see me coming, better step aside. Web if you see me comin´, better step aside. I owe my soul to the company store well, i was born. I owe my soul to the company store. I showed 'sixteen tons' to my conductor as i liked it very. Travis first recorded the song at. Web you load sixteen tons an' what do you get? Web about sixteen tons sixteen tons is a song written by merle travis about a coal miner, based on life in mines in muhlenberg county, kentucky.