SIXTEEN TONS
TRAVIS MERLE



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	1.	Now, some people say, a man's made out of mud,
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		But a poor man's made out of muscles and blood.
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		Muscle and blood, skin and bone,
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		A mind that's weak and a back that's strong.


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	Ref.:	You load sixteen tons, and what do you get ?
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		Another day older and deeper in depth.
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		St.Peter, don't you call me, 'cos I can't go.
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		I owe my soul to the company store. 


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	2.	I was born one morning in drizzeling rain,
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		Fighting and Trouble is my middle name.
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		I was raised in the bottoms by a momma hound,
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		I'm mean as a dog, but I'm gentle as a lamb.



	Ref.:	You load sixteen tons, ...


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	3.	I was born one morning, when the sun didn't shine.
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		I picked up my shovel, and I walked to the mine.
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		I loaded sixteen tons of number nine coal,
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		And the strawboss hollered: "Well, bless my soul !"



	Ref.:	You load sixteen tons, ...


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	4.	If you see me coming, you better step aside.
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		A lot of men didn't, and a lot of men died.
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		I got a fist of iron and a fist of steel,
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		If the right one don't get you, then the left one will !



	Ref.:	You load sixteen tons, ...


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