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Name | Date | Lines |
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| 690.1 | I remember just a bit. | MKOTS3::KERR | That's Sir Eric, By The Way | Wed Jan 11 1995 10:08 | 16 |
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16 Tons maybe. This is going back through the cobwebs, but I think the
chorus went something like (emphasis here is on "something like"):
You load 16 tons and what do ya get
Another day older and deeper in debt
St. Peter don't you call me cause I can't go
I owe my soul to the company store.
I can't remember anything about the verses, somebody else take it from
here, please.
Al
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| 690.2 | | AWATS::WESTERVELT | | Wed Jan 11 1995 10:24 | 14 |
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I was born one morning when the sun didn't shine
picked up my shovel and walked in the mine
I dug 16 tons of #9 coal
The strawboss said, well bless my soul
<chorus>
well if you see me coming, better step to the side
a lotta men didn't and a lotta men died
i got one fist of iron, the other of steel
if the left one don't getcha then the right one will
<chorus>
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| 690.3 | Thanks ! | SALEM::TAYLOR_J | and so it goes... | Wed Jan 11 1995 14:36 | 4 |
| Thanks . . . !
That sure was cool (great database)
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| 690.4 | correct author | RANGER::WEBER | | Wed Jan 11 1995 16:06 | 3 |
| "16 Tons" is a Merle Travis song that was popularized by T.E.F.
Danny W.
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| 690.5 | A little bit more | CUSTOM::ALLBERY | Jim | Thu Jan 12 1995 10:56 | 10 |
| Isn't the opening verse:
Some people say a man is made out of mud,
But a poor man's made out of muscle and blood,
Muscle and blood and a back that's strong
And a (drawing a blank)
You load 16 tons, and what do you get...
Jim
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| 690.6 | | RANGER::WEBER | | Thu Jan 12 1995 16:16 | 3 |
| ...
Muscle and blood and skin and bone
A mind that's weak and a back that's strong
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