Sixteen Tons
 
 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
 Can'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