Biography:
Ernest Jennings Ford (February 13, 1919 – October 17, 1991) known professionally as Tennessee Ernie Ford, was an American country and gospel singer and radio and television host. Today, he is best remembered for his hit recording of "Sixteen Tons".
Born in Bristol, Tennessee, to Clarence Thomas Ford and Maud Long, Ford began his radio career as an announcer at station WOPI in Bristol, leaving in 1939 to study classical music and voice at the Cincinnati Conservatory of Music.
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Some people say a man is made outa mud
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A poor man's made outa muscle 'n blood
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Muscle an' blood an' skin an' bone
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A mind that's weak and a back that's strong
Chorus
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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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