Sixteen Tons

"Sixteen Tons" is a song written by Merle Travis recorded in 1946 and first released in 1947. 
A 1955 version performed and released by Tennessee Ernie Ford was broadcast on Appalachia Radio in Fallout 76.
In the Fallout TV series, the original version performed by Merle Travis can be heard in episode 7: "The Radio" when Thaddeus comes to the Red Rocket station.
==Lyrics==
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 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
I was born one mornin' when the sun didn't shine
I picked up my shovel and I walked to the mine
I loaded sixteen tons of number nine coal
And the straw boss said "Well, a-bless my soul"
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
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
Can't no-a high-toned woman make me walk the line
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
If you see me comin', better step aside
A lotta men didn't, a lotta men died
One fist of iron, the other of steel
If the right one don't a-get you, then the left one will
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
==Videos==
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==External links==
* Song page on Wikipedia
Category:Fallout 76 songs
Category:Appalachia Radio songs
Category:Fallout TV series songs
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