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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.
Merle Travis
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Sixteen tons, what do you get?
Another day older and deeper in debt.
Say brother, don't you call me 'cause I can't go
I owe my soul to the company store.
Merle Travis
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Merle Travis
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Born:
November 29, 1917
Died:
October 20, 1983
(aged 65)
Bio:
Merle Robert Travis was an American country and western singer, songwriter, and guitarist born in Rosewood, Kentucky. His song's lyrics often discussed both the lives and the economic exploitation of American coal miners.
Known for:
The Atkins – Travis Traveling Show (1974)
The Merle Travis Guitar (1956)
Folk Songs of the Hills (1947)
Country Guitar Giants (1979)
Strictly Guitar (1968)
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