Sixteen Tons
"Tennessee" Ernie Ford (1955) 1947
  (Fine Tune 177)   Rod Shuping
 
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OPENER - MIDDLE BREAK - CLOSER    Basic - SSD Week 1

Circle left
*Some people say a man is made outta' mud
A poor man's mad e outta' muscle and blood

Left allemande, you dosado
Left allemande, weave the ring
You load sixteen tons, what do you get? Another day older and deeper in debt
Promenade
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 was born one mornin', it was drizzlin' rain
Fightin' and trouble are my middle name


FIGURE    Mainstream - SSD Week 12, corner progression

Heads (Sides) square thru four hands you go
Go all the way to the corner you know
Swing thru, the boys run right
You ferris wheel, centers pass thru
Touch 1/4, scoot back
Then your corner swing and promenade
Saint Peter don't you call me 'cause I can't go
I owe my soul to the company store


TAG

I owe my soul to the company store

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