Frankie Laine Sixteen Tons

LYRICS: Some people say a man is made outta mud. A poor man s made outta muscle and blood. Muscle and blood, skin and bones; A mind that s weak and a back that s strong. You load sixteen tons an what do you get Another day older and deeper in debt. St Peter don t you call me cause I can t go: I owe my soul to the company store. Well, I was born one mornin when the sun didn t shine. I picked up a shovel, Iwalked out to the mine. I loaded sixteen tons of Number 9 coal, An the straw boss said: Well, bless my You load sixteen tons an what do you get Another day older and deeper in debt. St Peter don t you call me cause I can t go: I owe my soul to the company store. Well, I was born one mornin, it was drizzlin rain. Fightin an trouble are my middle name. I was raised in the canebreak by an old mama lion, Can t no hightoned woman makes me w