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This and the line "I owe my soul to the company store " are a reference to the truck system and to debt bondage. Under this scrip system, workers were not paid cash; rather they were paid with non-transferable credit vouchers that could be exchanged only for goods sold at the company store.
Saint Peter, don't you call me 'cause I can't go. I owe my soul to the company store. I was born one morning when the sun didn't shine. I picked up my shovel and I walked to the mine. I loaded sixteen tons of number 9 coal. And the straw boss said, "Well, a-bless my soul".
Some people say a man is made outta mudA poor man's made outta muscle and bloodMuscle and blood and skin and bonesA mind that's a-weak and a back that's stro...
[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...
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...
Provided to YouTube by Universal Music GroupSixteen Tons · Tennessee Ernie FordSixteen Tons℗ 2000 Capitol Records, LLCReleased on: 1955-04-10Associated Perf...
Sixteen Tons 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 weak and a back that's strong / You...
I 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 1947 LP "Folk Songs From The Hills", the song almost immediately began to generate controversy, causing Travis himself, problems, in the anti ...
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 company store
[Chorus] You load sixteen 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. [Verse...