Sixteen Tons - Johny Cash

[postlink]http://dagendauwsnotenbalk.blogspot.com/2012/03/sixteen-tons-johny-cash.html[/postlink]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tfp2O9ADwGkendofvid [starttext]

Sixteen Tons


Geschreven door Tennessee Ernie Ford 



Some people say a man is made outta mud
A poor man's made outta muscle and blood
Muscle and blood and skin and bones
A mind that's a-weak and a back that's strong

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

I was born one mornin' when the sun didn't shine
I picked up my shovel and I walked to the mine
I loaded sixteen tons of number nine coal
And the straw boss said "Well, a-bless my soul"

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

I was born one mornin', it was drizzlin' rain
Fightin' and trouble are my middle name
I was raised in the canebrake by an ol' mama lion
Cain't no-a high-toned woman make me walk the line

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

If you see me comin', better step aside
A lotta men didn't, a lotta men died
One fist of iron, the other of steel
If the right one don't a-get you
Then the left one will

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


Check ook de originele versie van Tennessee Ernie Ford himself.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bUKXxGoXR9I&feature=related
En voor wie ze nog nooit mocht gehoord hebben, zeker ook deze, bijzonder eigengereide cover van onze eigen Louis Neefs in 1965.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XTQXPNJiP-k&feature=related


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