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Credits
PERFORMING ARTISTS
Alberto Vázquez
Performer
Julio Jaramillo Arenas
Conductor
Daniel López Murillo
Conductor
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Merle Travis
Songwriter
Vs.: Roberto Neves
Songwriter
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Julio Jaramillo Arenas
Producer
Daniel López Murillo
Producer
Lyrics
Some people say a man is made outta mud
A poor man's made outta muscle and blood
Muscle and blood I'm skin and bone
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 store 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 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 arm don't 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
Writer(s): Merle Travis, Roberto Correa Neves
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