Sixteen Tons
"Tennessee" Ernie Ford (1955) 1947
  (Double M 212)   Doug Davis
 
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OPENER - MIDDLE BREAK - CLOSER    Basic - SSD Week 4

Sides face grand square
*Some people say a man is made outta mud
A poor man's made from muscle and blood
Muscle and blood and skin and bone
A mind that's a-weak
, Allemande left and weave the ring
You load sixteen ton - what do you get?
Swing your girl around and promenade her you bet
(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


ALTERNATE LYRICS

*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
The straw boss said "Well, a-bless my soul."


*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
Ain't no-a high-toned woman make me walk the line


FIGURE    Mainstream - SSD Week 12, corner progression

Heads promenade and travel halfway around
Walk in and square thru it's four hands around
All the way and then, touch 1/4 then
Scoot back and now the boy run right my friend
You star thru, pass thru, trade by and swing
Swing that corner girl and promenade that ring
Saint Peter don't you call me 'cause I can't go
I owe my soul to the company store


TAG

Saint Peter don't you call me 'cause I can't go
I owe my soul to the company store

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