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Merle Travis - Sixteen Tons

submitted by gorillaman

1 decade 5 years 3 months 1 week ago

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.

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I first heard this song performed by Tom Jones on the "Green green grass of home" album. Been in love with it ever since.

Here it is.

*chiming in*
If you see me comin' better step aside
a lot of men didn't, a lot of men died.
I've got one fist of iron, the other of steel!
If the right one doesn't get you, then the left one will.

^That's old-school l33t

Gimme a tap if this doesn't Sift, Grilla. I'd love to promote it.

I love this song. I loved it before, but it's also played by a youtube poster who I enjoy sometimes (who goes by Frankenstein).

I first heard this from Tennessee Ernie Ford, back in the early sixties I b'lieve..

Moving this video to gorillaman's personal queue. It failed to receive enough votes to get sifted up to the front page within 2 days.

*promote

Promoting this video and sending it back into the queue for one more try; last queued - promote requested by schmawy.

Love it. *obscure.

Adding video to channels (Obscure) - requested by Farhad2000.

Thanks schmawy.

*promote

Promoting this video back to the front page; last published Sunday, February 22nd, 2009 9:23pm PST - promote requested by schmawy.

And thanks again!

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