Merle Travis - 16 Tons free for downloading

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I owe my soul to the company store, another day older and deeper in debt Merle, the other of steel
I picked up my shovel and i walked to the mine, one fist of iron
Better step aside, the other of steel
Then the left one will, if the right one don t git ya

You load sixteen tons and what do you get, and the store-boss said the well-a bless my soul, it was drizzlin rain
another day older and deeper in debt
If you see me comin, i owe my soul to the company store
I was born one mornin, saint peter don t you call me cause i can t go, a mind that s a-weak and a back that s strong

better step aside
And the store-boss said the well-a bless my soul, saint peter don t you call me cause i can t go 16, you load sixteen tons and what do you get
You load sixteen tons and what do you get, cain t no a high-tone woman make me walk the line
I was born one mornin, i picked up my shovel and i walked to the mine, saint peter don t you call me cause i can t go

A lot of men didn t and a lot of men died, if you see me comin Tons, saint peter don t you call me cause i can t go
Muscle and blood and skin and bone, cain t no a high-tone woman make me walk the line
Another day older and deeper in debt, and the store-boss said the well-a bless my soul Travis, another day older and deeper in debt
I was born one mornin, saint peter don t you call me cause i can t go

Fightin and trouble are my middle name, you load sixteen tons and what do you get, one fist of iron
the other of steel
cain t no a high-tone woman make me walk the line
i owe my soul to the company store

if you see me comin
I owe my soul to the company store, one fist of iron
You load sixteen tons and what do you get, i was born one mornin
Then the left one will, i was born one mornin when the sun didn t shine 16, if the right one don t git ya

A lot of men didn t and a lot of men died, the other of steel 16, it was drizzlin rain
Saint peter don t you call me cause i can t go, better step aside
Saint peter don t you call me cause i can t go, better step aside
And the store-boss said the well-a bless my soul, you load sixteen tons and what do you get

You load sixteen tons and what do you get, i owe my soul to the company store
A lot of men didn t and a lot of men died, cain t no a high-tone woman make me walk the line, another day older and deeper in debt
Saint peter don t you call me cause i can t go, if the right one don t git ya
Muscle and blood and skin and bone, i loaded sixteen tons of number nine coal, muscle and blood and skin and bone

One fist of iron, you load sixteen tons and what do you get
the other of steel
The other of steel, i picked up my shovel and i walked to the mine
i owe my soul to the company store

i picked up my shovel and i walked to the mine
another day older and deeper in debt
If you see me comin, you load sixteen tons and what do you get Tons, i was raised in the cane-brake by an old mama lion
If the right one don t git ya, if you see me comin Tons, another day older and deeper in debt

Saint peter don t you call me cause i can t go, you load sixteen tons and what do you get Merle, another day older and deeper in debt
i was born one mornin
Saint peter don t you call me cause i can t go, i owe my soul to the company store 16, i owe my soul to the company store
i was born one mornin when the sun didn t shine

i picked up my shovel and i walked to the mine
I was raised in the cane-brake by an old mama lion, i was born one mornin when the sun didn t shine
It was drizzlin rain, you load sixteen tons and what do you get, a mind that s a-weak and a back that s strong
you load sixteen tons and what do you get

Another day older and deeper in debt, saint peter don t you call me cause i can t go
I was raised in the cane-brake by an old mama lion, one fist of iron
another day older and deeper in debt
I owe my soul to the company store, saint peter don t you call me cause i can t go, i was born one mornin

a mind that s a-weak and a back that s strong
The other of steel, another day older and deeper in debt
You load sixteen tons and what do you get, you load sixteen tons and what do you get Travis, i owe my soul to the company store
a poor man s made out of muscle and blood

If the right one don t git ya, fightin and trouble are my middle name, fightin and trouble are my middle name
a lot of men didn t and a lot of men died