Tennessee Ernie Ford - 16 Tons

Yeah Character Building. My old man was born and raised in a KY coal mining tent camp. His 1st cousin wrote this song. Dear ole dad was a violent alcoholic. Did ya know when your back is struck with a baton you get a welt on both sides, both buttocks, both legs - it's a two for one. Yeah it's character buildin alright.

32 years ago and I’m just finding his music. I’m loving it

im here because of South Park Amazon 😅

Still a banger

Blessing to any man that ever had to work as miner. I could never imagine what kind of hardships they had to endure.

South Park brought me here...

Thanks,see you!super songs!!!

They shoulda added this to fallout new Vegas and fallout 4

South Park and Amazon brought me here. This song was ahead of its time

Solidarity forever, for the unions make us strong
Yeah, this one's for the workers who toil night and day
By hand and by brain to earn your pay
Who for centuries long past for no more than your bread
Have bled for your countries and counted your dead

In the factories and mills, in the shipyards and mines
We've often been told to keep up with the times
For our skills are not needed, they've streamlined the job
And with sliderule and stopwatch our pride they have robbed

We're the first ones to starve, we're the first ones to die
The first ones in line for that pie in the sky
And we're always the last when the cream is shared out
For the worker is working when the fat cat's about

And when the sky darkens and the prospect is war
Who's given a gun and then pushed to the fore
And expected to die for the land of our birth
Though we've never owned one lousy handful of earth?

We're the first ones to starve, we're the first ones to die
The first ones in line for that pie in the sky
And we're always the last when the cream is shared out
For the worker is working when the fat cat's about

He said if the right one don't catch you the left one will😂

We go from this to rich men north of richmond

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Just imagine a nice, crowded bar on a Friday night and you can perform this song - free choice of every chick around

Perfect song for doing the Lode Bearing event

this is the theme song for the mfs who used the cash app glitch

The terrible irony of this song is insane

Written for my entire family , all miners but me , i managed to escape.

… to the company store!

Anyone else here cuz of fallout 76?

Good song

😉

very depressing how well its aged

JustWonderful!!!❤

I love this song 🙂🍻🍺🍺

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Man!!! We just don't make great music like this anymore!!!!!What a shame😔

Какой шикарный голос! Моя душа начинает вибрирывать откликаясь на него!💗

That song describes the boys at Perry Tire!!!

Oh my soul to The company store 🏬🏪,🤔🥺🤘✌️🤨🧐👁️😎👉🥃🥳🎋🤏🤫🤘🤣😭😂😅😆😄👀😃🤭😀😘🥰😍🤩🥳😗😉🤔🙄🧐🤨😱😞😓😓😥😢☹️🙁😕😨😧😮😯😳🤯😖🤑🤑🤑🤑🤑🤑🤑🤑🤑🤑🤑🤓😎💯✨🔥🌚🌝💨💥💦💝💋💔😮👥👤🗣️🗣️👣💪🏌️🪂🏄🤸

,👀🤔🤭🤫🤫🥺😤😒🧐🤨🤨😊😘😂🙂👁️🎋🥳🥃👉😙✌️🤘😜🖤💋🙈🥵🤓😎🥵🙌🤝🦿🦾🥺 St Peter 🤔

I like to sing this when I work my 36 hour shift at the ball crushing factory.

My theme song

No one sings like him

😊❤

I listening this before entering the office

Amen Ernie

Fallout 76 vibes

Every warehouse I worked at played this song.

Can't believe this song is only 11 years old. It's still very relevant today 😫

So the company store was the railroad store (overpriced). I think I'm right on that. These men would work their butts off then owe the company store when they got paid. I think we all need to remember what people went through to build our Country. To remember these were real people that hurt and had family and did the very best they could.

The goyim blues

I can feel my back breaking and my lungs filling with ungodly amounts of polluted air just listening to this song.

This song has got me through quite a few work days ...

I cant believe we went from this to the embarrassment that is Oliver Anthony.

Anyone who is talking about working at amazon is more than welcome to come apply for the mining company i work for. We are always hiring if your willing to work 84 hours a week 3000 feet beneath the surface in 120 degrees

I love this song so much, I always sing along. What happened to all the low voice singers in the music industry?

came here from hltv..?

The 16 song