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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 – 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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Tennessee Ernie Ford – Sixteen Tons Samples
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See all of “Sixteen Tons” by Tennessee Ernie Ford’s samples, covers, remixes, interpolations and live versions
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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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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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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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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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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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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 – Hey Mister Cotton Picker
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[Verse 1] / Hey yonder comes a cotton picker walkin' down the road / Puffin' like a locomotive, carryin' a load / Hey mister cotton picker, what'cha gonna do? / Gonna get gone away
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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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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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Tennessee Ernie Ford – Catfish Boogie
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(Tennessee Ernie Ford) / TENNESSEE ERNIE FORD (Capitol 2602, 1953) / Catfish boogie-woogie, boogie-woogie, boogie-woogie / Catfish boogie-woogie, boogie-woogie, boogie-woogie
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Tennessee Ernie Ford – You're My Sugar
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You are my one and only / The only one I kiss / But that black book in you're pocket, honey / Ain't no grocery list / But o took you to a nightclub / To have a bang up time / But
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Tennessee Ernie Ford – That's All
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Some people go to school / To try and learn how to teach / Some people go to school / To try and learn how to preach / But if you preach after goin' to school / Be sure you preach
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Rolling Stone – 100 Greatest Country Songs Of All Time
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Taken from the June 2014 issue of Rolling Stone Magazine
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Tennessee Ernie Ford – Call Me Darling, Call Me Sweetheart, Call Me Dear
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[Verse 1] / Call me darling, call me sweetheart, call me dear / Thrill me, darlin', with the words I want to hear / In your dark eyes so smiling, a promise I see / But your two
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Tennessee Ernie Ford – First Born
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First born / This infant with his mother's eyes / Is our first born / First child / This baby I hold in my arms / Is our first child / His smile will warm / On a cold winter night
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Bo Burnham – Unpaid Intern
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“Unpaid Intern” is the sixth track in Bo Burnham’s Netflix Special, “Inside”.
This song plays to a jazz tune in black and white, and immediately after the short song, Burnham
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Tennessee Ernie Ford – River of No Return
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There is a river called the river of no return / Sometimes it's peaceful and sometimes wild and free! / Love is a traveler on the river of no return / Swept on forever to be lost
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Tennessee Ernie Ford – The Watermelon Song
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Down in Tennessee I used to sit upon the fence / A-wonderin' about the lack of people's common sense / What I didn't understand then couldn't keep concealed / Was one great big fat
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Tennessee Ernie Ford – The Shot Gun Boogie
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There it stands in the corner with the barrel so straight / I looked out the winder and over the gate / The big fat rabbits are jumpin' in the grass / Wait 'till they hear my old
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