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Tennessee Ernie Ford – Sixteen Tons
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[Verse 1] / Some people say a man is made out of mud / A poor man's made out of muscle and blood / Muscle and blood and skin and bones / A mind that's weak and a back that's strong
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Tennessee Ernie Ford – Sixteen Tons Samples
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Ernie Ford – Sixteen Tons
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“Sixteen Tons” was written by Merle Travis in 1946. It was covered by “Tenessee” Ernie Ford and appears on his 1960 album of the same name.
Ford released over 50 country singles
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Tennessee Ernie Ford – Sixteen Tons Covers
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Tennessee Ernie Ford – Mule Train
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Mule train (giddyup, pah, giddahh) *whip* (heah)...*whip* / Mule train (yeah-ha) *whip* / Clippity-cloppin' *whip* over hill and plain / Seems as how they never stop / Clippity-
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Eric Burdon – Sixteen Tons
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Some people say a man is made outta' mud / A poor man's made outta' muscle and blood / Muscle and blood and skin and bones / A mind that's a-weak and a back that's strong / You
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Nina Hagen – 16 Tons
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[Verse 1] / Some people say a man is made out of mud / A poor man's made out of muscle and blood / Muscle and blood and skin and bones / A mind that's weak and a back that's strong
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The Dandy Warhols – 16 Tons
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This is a cover of a 1947 song written by Merle Travis and popularized by Tennessee Ernie Ford, who took it to the top of the Billboard charts in 1955.
The lyrics are about the
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My Terrible Friend – Sixteen Tons
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[Verse 1] / Some people say a man is made out of mud / A poor man's made out of muscle and blood / Muscle and blood and skin and bones / A mind that's weak and a back that's strong
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Geoff Castellucci – Sixteen Tons
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Some people say a man is a-made out of mud / A poor man's made out of muscle and blood / A-muscle and blood and a-skin and bones / You've got a mind that's weak and a back that's
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Robbie Williams – 16 Tons
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15th track of Swings Both Ways in the deluxe version. It’s a cover of “Sixteen Tons” by Tennessee Ernie Ford.
Robbie said: “Another song from my youth that is one of my favourite
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Tennessee Ernie Ford – The Cry of the Wild Goose
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[Verse 1] / Tonight I heard the wild goose cry / Wingin' north in the lonely sky / Tried to sleep, but it ain't no use / 'Cause I am the brother to the old wild goose / [Chorus
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Tennessee Ernie Ford & Helen O'Connell – Hey, Good Lookin'
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Say, hey, good lookin' / Whatcha got cookin'? / How's about cookin' somethin' up with me? / Hey, sweet baby / Don't you think maybe / We could find us a brand new recipe? / I got a
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The Gap Band – Humpin' Samples
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James & Bobby Purify – Sixteen Tons
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[Verse 1] / Some people say a man is made out of mud / A poor man's made out of muscle and blood / Muscle and blood and skin and bones / A mind that's weak and a back that's strong
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Tennessee Ernie Ford – Ballad of Davy Crockett
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[Verse 1] / Born on a mountain in Tennessee / Greenest state in the land of the free / Raised in the woods so's he knew every tree / He killed him a b'ar when he was only three / [
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Ernie Ford – Sixteen Tons Samples
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Merle Travis – Sixteen Tons
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[Chorus] / You load sixteen tons and what do you get? / 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
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Tennessee Ernie Ford – Blackeyed Susie
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All I want in this creation / A pretty, little wife and a big plantation / Hey, Blackeyed Susie / Hey, pretty, little Susie / Hey, pretty, little, Blackeyed Susie / Blackeyed Susie
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