OverviewAuthorshipTennessee Ernie Ford versionOther versionsIn literature and the artsExternal linksThe sole authorship of "Sixteen Tons" is attributed to Merle Travis on all recordings beginning with Travis's own 1946 record and is registered with BMI as a Merle Travis composition. George S. Davis, a folk singer and songwriter who had been a Kentucky coal miner, claimed on a 1966 recording for Folkways Records to have written the song as "Nine-to-ten tons" in the 1930s; he also at different times claimed to have written the song as "Twenty-One Tons". There is no supportin… Recorded: August 8, 1946 Released: June 1947
Recorded: August 8, 1946
Released: June 1947
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WEBMay 15, 2010 · Ernest Jennings Ford (February 13, 1919 October 17, 1991), better known as Tennessee Ernie Ford, was an American recording artist and television host who en...
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WEB[Chorus] 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. [Verse 3] I was born...
WEBI owe my soul to the company store. " This referred to coal-company owned stores where miners bought food and supplies with money advanced by the company, called "scrip". Later released on Capitol's …
WEBI owe my soul to the company store. I was born one mornin', it was drizzlin' rain. Fightin' and trouble are my middle name. I was raised in the canebrake by an ol' mama lion. …