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Sixteen Tons es una canción escrita por Merle R. Travis sobre un minero de carbón, basada en la vida en las minas del condado de Muhlenberg, Kentucky.
Una versión de 1955 grabada por Tennessee Ernie Ford alcanzó el número uno en las listas de Billboard, mientras que otra versión de Frankie Laine de 1956 se lanzó solo en Europa occidental, donde fue competidora de la versión de Ford.
| Estrofa 1 |
| Some people say a man is made out of mud
A poor man's made out of muscle and blood
Muscle and blood and skin and bones
A mind that's weak and a back that's strong |
| Estribillo |
| You load sixteen tons, what do you get?
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 |
| Estrofa 2 |
| I was born one morning when the sun didn't shine
I picked up my shovel and I walked to the mine
I loaded sixteen tons of number 9 coal
And the straw boss said, "Well-a bless my soul!" |
| Estribillo |
| You load sixteen tons, what do you get?
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 |
| Estrofa 3 |
| I was born one morning, it was drizzlin' rain
Fightin' and trouble are my middle name
I was raised in the cane break by an old mama lion
Can't no high-toned woman make me walk the line |
| Estribillo |
| You load sixteen tons, what do you get?
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 |
| Estrofa 4 |
| If you see me comin' better step aside
A lot of men didn't, a lot of men died
One fist of iron, the other of steel
If the right one don't getcha then the left one will |
| Estribillo |
| You load sixteen tons, what do you get?
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 |
