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    Tina Margariti
    This song describes the difficult life of a coal miner who works 16 tons of coal each day but continues falling deeper into debt. No matter how hard he works, he feels trapped working for the coal company to pay off his debts, and that he owes his soul to the company store.

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    Sixteen

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    Tina Margariti
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    This song describes the difficult life of a coal miner who works 16 tons of coal each day but continues falling deeper into debt. No matter how hard he works, he feels trapped working for the coal company to pay off his debts, and that he owes his soul to the company store.

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    This song describes the difficult life of a coal miner who works 16 tons of coal each day but continues falling deeper into debt. No matter how hard he works, he feels trapped working for the coal company to pay off his debts, and that he owes his soul to the company store.

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    Sixteen

    Uploaded by

    Tina Margariti
    This song describes the difficult life of a coal miner who works 16 tons of coal each day but continues falling deeper into debt. No matter how hard he works, he feels trapped working for the coal company to pay off his debts, and that he owes his soul to the company store.

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    SIXTEEN TONS

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    Some people say a man is made
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    A poor man's made outa muscle
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    Muscle an' blood an' skin an'
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    F
    A mind that's weak and a back

    outa mud
    E
    'n blood...
    E
    bone
    E
    that's strong

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    cho: You load sixteen tons an' whaddya get?
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    Another day older an' deeper in debt
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    Saint Peter doncha call me 'cause I can't go
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    I owe my soul to the company sto'
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    If ya hear me a-comin' ya better step aside
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    A lotta men din't an' a lotta men died
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    With one fist of iron an' the other of steel
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    If the right one don' getcha then the left one will.
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    I was born one mornin' when the sun didn't shine
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    Picked up my shovel and I went to the mine
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    Loaded sixteen tons of number nine coal
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    And the strawboss said, "Well, Bless my soul!"
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    I was born one morning in the drizzlin' rain
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    Fightin' and trouble are my middle name
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    I was raised in the canebreak by an' ol' mama hound
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    Ain't no high-tone woman gonna push me around.

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