Singer: Merle Travis
The rich man believes that God created
People out of the mud, but we are the same flesh,
The same muscles and the same blood
Same skin, and the brain is.
Sixteen tons of hit the wall, but give!
Life work, all his life suffer.
But know my friend, that the day of the funeral,
We'll cut sixteen tons!
[Some say man's made out mud,
Well, the good man made of muscle and blood,
From muscle and blood, skin and bones,
The mind is weak, and back - the back strong.]
Merle TravisSixteen Tones (16 tons)Sad quotes
Quote Explanation: Popular song, which tells about the difficult working conditions and the plight of miners coal miners of the United States during the great depression years of 1929-1939. The song was recorded in August 1946 by American country singer Merle Travis, but were not successful. In October 1955, "Tennessee" Ernie Ford recorded his version of the song. In his performance the song reached the first position in the division of the country music Billboard chart, where it spent 10 weeks 8 weeks the song was in the lead in section of pop music of the same chart.
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Sixteen tons of hit the wall, but give!
Live in a loan, debt get in,
Work in silence, without hope for Paradise,
And the soul of the company to the shop to sell...
[You load 16 tons, and what do you get?
With each new day you're older and all bogged down in debt.
St. Peter, do not call me, I will not be able to come
Because my soul laid in the shop]
You load 16 tons, And 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.
Merle TravisSixteen Tones (16 tons)credit
Quote Explanation: Shop the company store where workers can buy goods for cash or on credit. They had no other option but to buy in the shop at inflated prices, each time increasing the debt. Such credit slavery, the rate of production of coal is not lifting. so still working earning nothing but debts.
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