Johnny Cash - 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 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
Cain'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

Точное авторство текста неизвестно, но это не Кэш.

Comments

[http://users.livejournal.com/nightblade_/]

Автором вроде общепризнан Мерл Трэвис, хотя это спорный вопрос.

[dikayasobaka.livejournal.com]

Ну так как это может быть общепризнано, если вопрос спорный? :)
Неважно - главное, песня зачотная!

[http://users.livejournal.com/nightblade_/]

Тот же Кеш говорил "я вам спою песню Трэвиса". :)

Клевая, да. Мы ее даже как-то даже попереводили.

[dikayasobaka.livejournal.com]

Класс переводы, молодцы!

[zolotayakoshka.livejournal.com]

Спасибо!

[dikayasobaka.livejournal.com]

Всегда гав!!!