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Music By: Jim Kline
Sixteen Tons
Recorded by: Merle Travis (1946); Tennessee Ernie Ford (1955);
Johnny Cash ­ 1987; numerous others
Doug Davis
Opener/Break/Closer: (Sides Face Grand Square)
18825 N Dunn Road
*Some people say a man is made outta mud,
Colbert, WA 99005-5032
509.979.2612
A poor man's made from muscle and blood,
Email: Doug@CallerDoug.com
Muscle and blood and skin and bone,
A mind that's a-weak - Allemande Left and Weave the Ring,
You load sixteen ton - what do you get?
Swing your girl around and Promenade her you bet,
(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.
Figure:
Heads Promenade and travel halfway around,
Walk in and Square Thru its four hands around,
All the way and then Touch a Quarter then,
Scoot Back and now the Boy Run Right my friend,
You Star Thru - Pass Thru - Trade By and Swing,
Swing that corner girl and Promenade that ring,
Saint Peter don't you call me 'cause I can't go,
I owe my soul to the company store.
Additional Lyrics:
*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,
The straw boss said "Well, a-bless my soul."
*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,
Ain't no-a high-toned woman make me walk the line,
Tag:
Saint Peter don't you call me 'cause I can't go,
I owe my soul to the company store.
Produced By: Monk Moore, 3522 NC Hwy 55 W, Angier, NC 27501 Phone: 919-639-4454

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