I'm 64 now but when I was a Pre-schooler I thought Tennessee Ernie Ford was my Grandpa because at 12 every day Grandma would say it was time to listen to her Honey on the radio which was the Tennessee Ernie Ford radio hour so naturally I thought Honey was Grandpa. I wondered why Grandpa would never sing for me when he would on the radio. I wish I were a kid again.
Good story! I'm the same age and was in love with TEF when I was a girl , and told my Daddy I was going to marry someone just like him! Miss hearing this and the country/pop records - "Big Bad John" on the airwaves and "Hee Haw", (Roy Clark and Grandpa Jones, Lulu, and the gang), Dolly Parton the Porter Waggoner show on television! TEF's hymns arw sublime - he had a Bach. Deg. In music and could sing anything wonderfully well...
In 1965 my daughter was two . Her grandpa sang this song with her over and over until she knew every word. I have it on a cassette but, now I tear up when I listen. He had a wonderful voice and singing along with a child made the song even more wonderful. It taught her to work hard and make something of yourself.....and she has done that for sure! Thank you, Ernie!!
My dad grew up in Pennsylvania where nearly all of his neighbors (people who lived within a few miles of his home) were Amish or Mennonites during a time where the coal mines were slowly dying out to oil drills, but my grandfather, before he bought his little gas station and died happy at 66, was a miner. Knowing that this is what the song is about (according to my dad) makes me pretty happy. The song has been sung around my house and, "I owe my soul to the company store" has been used as a punchline for years and years. And I hope to one day continue the tradition with my kids.
Katalin Varine Csizik Hell yeah. We visit PA every few years (we're in southern CA now) and they still ride in horse and buggy with their own lanes and the orange reflective triangle on the back. And those guys are strong. I saw a guy and his ~15 year old son break down, like one wheel broke and the son just sumo squatted the buggy so his dad could put the new wheel on. And their worth ethic/faith is probably one of the best, bar none. Plus they're almost overly nice (as long as you don't take pictures of them or anything like that). Cool people.
In fact their population has about doubled in the last 25 years and that is normal for them. They are the fastest growing people group the world and are constantly buying up land for their settlements and building new ones. At the rate they are growing, they will reach a million in 50 years and four million 50 years after that. Give them a couple of centuries at that rate and they will be the majority of the country. So yeah, still around.
Brings back a lot of memories...I was 10 yrs old when this song came out in 1956. Now I am 67 and I feel old as hell. OH well I have the memories..too bad my folks have been gone for 10 yrs. I liked Tennessee Ernie Ford. I am glad I grew up in a era where we had MUSIC with good lyrics and melodies too. Thanks so much for the video:)
I must agree with your music choice. I mean, what is the point of having new music each year if you can't understand the lyrics, or at least agree with it? Racism and sexual assault is bad enough, but now its in songs?
In 1954, I was in the 3rd grade at an elementary school in Augusta, Georgia. Every morning the students were ushered into an auditorium to sing songs; such as "She'll be Coming Round the Mountain When She Comes" and this song by Tennessee Ernie Ford. I am now 72, and I still remember all the words after these many years. Those were the days of innocence. Today, it seems as though the world has gone insane.
I'm legally disabled star( ;[[trying is lower middle class. I feel awful watching my parents work themselves ragged. In pain all the time. Meanwhile I'm unable to contribute hardly anything to help out the house. I'm like, is this all there is to life? We're raised in this environment and have to work to survive and then have kids and that's what *they*
@@whitestguyuknow Thats it bro. And some say its not whether or not you work to death, but whether you do it with a smile or a scowl. I personally find myself choosing the scowl. Ill bust my ass but you cant make me like it! Lol
I never knew just how old this song was.. I'm only 24yrs, but my grandfather has sang this song to me since birth. Listening to this brings back so many wonderful memories..
I am from germany and i am 21 years old. sorry for my bad english. but this song makes me feel like just 13! I love this music! Thank you very much for share this beautiful song!!!
Now, if only the workers of the United States would organize like the workers of Europe have done we might actually become "the greatest country in the world". Union worker of 25 years.
runlarryrun77 Except more men/woman are freer than ever and gays don't have to hide in a sewer anymore. Everyone listening is able to , and comment , where in it could take a month to do the same then. Every meal you ate came from the kitchen instead of some GMO fast food site , and your neighbor was a friend you had over for coffee instead of reporting to police. Geez , I could go on but what's the use !
What an old great tune i Love,was a different time.16 tons is what one man was expected to chip and load in one days work.Number nine was the quality of the coal they were digging. Always reminds me of those Good ,Hard working Men in West Virginia.thanks for the video and thanks youtube.
Someone missed the chorus in this song. The old coal mines in the "good old days" paid you in company scrip that was only good at the company store, where prices were so inflated that you basically went into debt trying to stay alive, and you couldn't quit or leave your job without making good on your debt, which you could never get out of. That's why he's telling St Peter not to bother calling him to heaven. The company owns his soul. 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
@@flatline42 people in the US have been licking the boot so long and they've been led to believe it's good eating, that when you try to tell them they can have real food they get angry at you.
+holly thomason Well, that's subjective. If you think being thankful for the sacrifices made by our elders is overly positive, then that's your own perspective.
I just think he was singing the blues more than a joyful song of being so happy to serve his masters. It felt like saying thank you to a slave for being a good slave, whether or not that was your intended meaning.
+holly thomason Well, what do you think? Do you truly believe there are non-horrible people out there who think it is positive to be thankful for being a slave? I think I am a little better than that, especially because I was talking about *us* being thankful to all those workers who had to endure those horrible working conditions and hardship to shape the convenient and modern world we live in. I cannot fathom what made you think I meant something different!
I do not think you understand what I was saying. You do like slaves, and are thankful for slaves. My definition..Slaves=workers who are taken advantage of.. I think reformations in the work place is what the song should inspire more than, "Thanks for helping my life be easier and helping me enjoy my life through your hard, dedicated, underpaid, efforts, it would suck if it were me." I knew what you meant the first time, and I know you didn't consciously mean it in that way. You were making a common simple statement showing appreciation, without thinking about fixing the problem. I was trying to inspire thought not an argument, but you seem to be defending yourself against something that wasn't needing to be defended against. Everyone appreciates hard workers. Modern society is not passed the point of being overworked and unappreciated.
My dad sang this to me as a little kid, and the both of my sisters. Now my sister sings it to her kids and, when I have children, well I plan to sing it to them to.
I just wanted to say this was showed to me by my teacher who recently retired. Im 15 and i appreciate all music. and this is a classic and i love this song. major respect.
This was when all music was open to everybody. It was in the top 40. Not until about 3 decades later that it was called just Country. Loved this song, still know all the lyrics.
A song with this kind of message would _never_ make it to #1 in America today. They used to stick up for working people back then. Now we watch rich celebrities firing people. And how would anyone now dare to question the generosity of the "job creators"! I guess that's why they had unions and a thriving middle class, when now we have a shrinking middle class and decreasing wages. (sorry if you don't like the political comment, but after all, it is what the song's about.
The generation of my great grandfather were virtual slaves, they worked long hours in the coal mines for very little pay. Ever hear the song " Sixteen Ton "? It went something like this " You load sixteen ton and what do you get, another day older and deeper in debt." Utube it I am sure it is there. " I owe my soul to the company store ". They lived in company houses no bathroom one cold water spigot in the house, and you know what, we were happy then, everyone was poor. No rioting or looking out for handouts you got what you earned. That is why the coalregion people are known for their hard work ethic.
+bill johnson I don't think Ondrix understands what you are saying. "Progressive" is a term represented by a couple of the variant political front organizations of the Communist Party USA, back in the day. But I don't see a Socialist utopia rising up when so many can't find a descent job. But I think what is really going on is that capitalists and Marxists have found a place to coexist, for now; the corps get cheap labor from constant renewals of cheap labor through immigration, and the Left gets voters. Eventually, the gloves will come off and they final confrontation will occur. I expect a variation of The French Revolution.
Man! Everyone has their own opinion but I just enjoy the music. I was about 6 years old the first time I heard this song and I tried singing it all day long until my Dad said: "You're going to own your soul to the company store, too." Those words rang so true but I still love this song! I'm retired now.
So when I was in elementary school, I could not fall asleep unless my Grama played the Hee Haw tenth anniversary DVD in our living room. This was one of the songs that played during that show, and although I only know the chorus of the song, it's still really special to me. :)
Thank You Lord Egan, this song takes me back to my child hood when I lived on a dairy and 'hooked' tons of alfalfa every day to feed the milk stock and sang this song while I worked.
I can relate to that so well. This was the one song that I associated best with my grandfather. It's been eight years almost since he died, and I still miss him. This song always makes me cry.
Today's song would sing: "Sooommmme people say a man is made out of credit, A poor man is made out of credit and loans, Credit and loans and a skin of bones, A credit thats weak and a loan thats strong, Ya take 16k out and whatta ya get? Another day older and deeper in debt, Saint Peter dontcha call me cause i cant go!!!! I owe my soul to DriveTime... shit, ive been had!!"
I first heard this song when I was around 12 or 13 years old. My mother was a teenager in the 50s and so she plays a lot of oldies and I listen to them. This become one of my favorite songs.
Sang this one year in chorus in school and have never forgotten the song. It always spontaneously pops up into my head at the most unexpected times and gets stuck there.
This was shown during a Tennessee Ernie Ford 50 years Tribute show on Nashville Network in 1989..The live audience in the tribute is being shown the song (from 1956) in the studio..
Most of these reply-ers don't seem to understand you were making a funny. (I noticed that old-school emoticon at the end.) BTW, Justin Beiber is better off making a song called "16 McNuggets".
Well, I was about 7 years old when I first heard this song... My dad was CRAZY about "Western" music... "Home on the Range" "Sixteen Tons" "Do not forsake me oh my Darling"... My dad was not a cowboy, or even an American... He was an Enlish man, an accountant, who was born in the East End of London... Gosh this is a great song. John "Whiteboy" Walden Philippines.
I grew up listening to the great Tennessee Ernie Ford singing this song. I remember seeing him on TV (small screen, black and white) singing this song, but I can't remember the show. I think it was before Ed Sullivan, but I'm not sure! Too many years to count back! Anyway, this will always be my favorite version.
I'm 64 now but when I was a Pre-schooler I thought Tennessee Ernie Ford was my Grandpa because at 12 every day Grandma would say it was time to listen to her Honey on the radio which was the Tennessee Ernie Ford radio hour so naturally I thought Honey was Grandpa. I wondered why Grandpa would never sing for me when he would on the radio. I wish I were a kid again.
Haha that's awesome man
Good story! I'm the same age and was in love with TEF when I was a girl , and told my Daddy I was going to marry someone just like him! Miss hearing this and the country/pop records - "Big Bad John" on the airwaves and "Hee Haw", (Roy Clark and Grandpa Jones, Lulu, and the gang), Dolly Parton the Porter Waggoner show on television! TEF's hymns arw sublime - he had a Bach. Deg. In music and could sing anything wonderfully well...
Sir respect!
This is so pure! Godbless 💛
you were in preschool at 12
The favorite song of my grandfather, who was a miner and died in his early 50s from black lung. RIP, Grandad.
argel bargel R.I.P.
R.I.P he was a hero
In 1965 my daughter was two . Her grandpa sang this song with her over and over until she knew every word. I have it on a cassette but, now I tear up when I listen. He had a wonderful voice and singing along with a child made the song even more wonderful. It taught her to work hard and make something of yourself.....and she has done that for sure! Thank you, Ernie!!
This guy has the most beautiful bass voice! If I could bring 2 voices back from the dead would be this guy singing a ballad with Nat King Cole!
Elvis?
My dad grew up in Pennsylvania where nearly all of his neighbors (people who lived within a few miles of his home) were Amish or Mennonites during a time where the coal mines were slowly dying out to oil drills, but my grandfather, before he bought his little gas station and died happy at 66, was a miner. Knowing that this is what the song is about (according to my dad) makes me pretty happy. The song has been sung around my house and, "I owe my soul to the company store" has been used as a punchline for years and years. And I hope to one day continue the tradition with my kids.
amish??? they still exist?
Katalin Varine Csizik Hell yeah. We visit PA every few years (we're in southern CA now) and they still ride in horse and buggy with their own lanes and the orange reflective triangle on the back. And those guys are strong. I saw a guy and his ~15 year old son break down, like one wheel broke and the son just sumo squatted the buggy so his dad could put the new wheel on. And their worth ethic/faith is probably one of the best, bar none. Plus they're almost overly nice (as long as you don't take pictures of them or anything like that). Cool people.
Thanks for your answer
In fact their population has about doubled in the last 25 years and that is normal for them. They are the fastest growing people group the world and are constantly buying up land for their settlements and building new ones. At the rate they are growing, they will reach a million in 50 years and four million 50 years after that. Give them a couple of centuries at that rate and they will be the majority of the country.
So yeah, still around.
It's very interesring. I think I will search to get more information about their life.
Brings back a lot of memories...I was 10 yrs old when this song came out in 1956. Now I am 67 and I feel old as hell. OH well I have the memories..too bad my folks have been gone for 10 yrs. I liked Tennessee Ernie Ford. I am glad I grew up in a era where we had MUSIC with good lyrics and melodies too. Thanks so much for the video:)
Edie Koller I bet you forget you commented this
I must agree with your music choice. I mean, what is the point of having new music each year if you can't understand the lyrics, or at least agree with it? Racism and sexual assault is bad enough, but now its in songs?
Regular Camper I’m dying
We sang that in elementary school in the 80s, I'm 38 now
Yo holy shit I completely forgot I commented this
In 1954, I was in the 3rd grade at an elementary school in Augusta, Georgia. Every morning the students were ushered into an auditorium to sing songs; such as "She'll be Coming Round the Mountain When She Comes" and this song by Tennessee Ernie Ford. I am now 72, and I still remember all the words after these many years. Those were the days of innocence. Today, it seems as though the world has gone insane.
F you why would they make you sing this song
A little bit country, a little bit swing, a little bit blues. What a great song. And this is what I like about America. The music.
I sing this while doing construction.
Every day laying tile I find myself singing this at some point in the day
I sing this as a specialist in the Army 🤣
Also a great walking song. Or anytime song, really.
I'm legally disabled star( ;[[trying is lower middle class. I feel awful watching my parents work themselves ragged. In pain all the time. Meanwhile I'm unable to contribute hardly anything to help out the house.
I'm like, is this all there is to life? We're raised in this environment and have to work to survive and then have kids and that's what *they*
@@whitestguyuknow Thats it bro. And some say its not whether or not you work to death, but whether you do it with a smile or a scowl. I personally find myself choosing the scowl. Ill bust my ass but you cant make me like it! Lol
I never knew just how old this song was.. I'm only 24yrs, but my grandfather has sang this song to me since birth. Listening to this brings back so many wonderful memories..
I am from germany and i am 21 years old. sorry for my bad english. but this song makes me feel like just 13! I love this music! Thank you very much for share this beautiful song!!!
Und nun biste fast reif für die Kiste
Now, if only the workers of the United States would organize like the workers of Europe have done we might actually become "the greatest country in the world". Union worker of 25 years.
Society has not changed one iota since this song was written.
runlarryrun77 At least not for good
Olin Scharm Sad, isn't it?
runlarryrun77 Except more men/woman are freer than ever and gays don't have to hide in a sewer anymore. Everyone listening is able to , and comment , where in it could take a month to do the same then. Every meal you ate came from the kitchen instead of some GMO fast food site , and your neighbor was a friend you had over for coffee instead of reporting to police. Geez , I could go on but what's the use !
Steacy783 True. We're all still slaves to the dollar though.
runlarryrun77 More and more arn't these days because they found ways around taxes and other things such , by becoming the upper crust.
What an old great tune i Love,was a different time.16 tons is what one man was expected to chip and load in one days work.Number nine was the quality of the coal they were digging. Always reminds me of those Good ,Hard working Men in West Virginia.thanks for the video and thanks youtube.
Someone missed the chorus in this song. The old coal mines in the "good old days" paid you in company scrip that was only good at the company store, where prices were so inflated that you basically went into debt trying to stay alive, and you couldn't quit or leave your job without making good on your debt, which you could never get out of.
That's why he's telling St Peter not to bother calling him to heaven. The company owns his soul.
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
Country roadsss~
@@flatline42 people in the US have been licking the boot so long and they've been led to believe it's good eating, that when you try to tell them they can have real food they get angry at you.
Came here because of South Park. They took our jobs!!!!!
matthew ziniti so did I (WOW!!!!)
YES!!!! Me too
matthew ziniti they took his jawb
This is gay back to the pile
DYE TRK RR JRRBS!
They should put this song in Fallout 5
+LA Art Actually, I think that he might have meant five, as in the next one.
I'd be a cool radio mod
but this old country o-o
but its good (opinion)
Overwhelmingly Handsome Jack- Lol I came here from a fallout 4 mod called DarkStar Radio, it's really great you should check it out.
I brought my own self here. Grew up with my family playing this music, thankyou very much.
RIP the classics.
He was one of my favorites when I was a kid. Legendary. So sad when he died.
I grew up listening to this.
I wish I did. ;-; I had to put up with modern pop and rock singers.
The Aura Tree I pushed out the shitty music and listened to this
The Aura Tree well I was born 2004 so ye
The Aura Tree dont make me link u filthy frank
Mad Men brought me here, this is so good
i love lucy brought me here
Back to the Future brought me here.
My hot teacher who sang this brought me here
My raging erection fought me until i nearly choked so it seized my iphone and took me here and forced me to watch it with an apple in my mouth.
It was on the music that inspired madmen album
One Of The Top Selling singles of 1956 just a timeless Classic Hit Single of 1956
I start humming this song every time my Uncle Jay asks me to do something around the house.
I hope he didn't molest you
+Zane meyer you talking to me punk
who is uncle Jay?
Can't help but snap or tap your foot along with the song, I love old music like this :)
Great song about the sacrifices made by the people who gave us the world full of comforts we give so much for granted!
+Francisco Marino Somehow that sounded overly positive?
+holly thomason Well, that's subjective. If you think being thankful for the sacrifices made by our elders is overly positive, then that's your own perspective.
I just think he was singing the blues more than a joyful song of being so happy to serve his masters. It felt like saying thank you to a slave for being a good slave, whether or not that was your intended meaning.
+holly thomason Well, what do you think? Do you truly believe there are non-horrible people out there who think it is positive to be thankful for being a slave?
I think I am a little better than that, especially because I was talking about *us* being thankful to all those workers who had to endure those horrible working conditions and hardship to shape the convenient and modern world we live in.
I cannot fathom what made you think I meant something different!
I do not think you understand what I was saying. You do like slaves, and are thankful for slaves. My definition..Slaves=workers who are taken advantage of.. I think reformations in the work place is what the song should inspire more than, "Thanks for helping my life be easier and helping me enjoy my life through your hard, dedicated, underpaid, efforts, it would suck if it were me." I knew what you meant the first time, and I know you didn't consciously mean it in that way. You were making a common simple statement showing appreciation, without thinking about fixing the problem. I was trying to inspire thought not an argument, but you seem to be defending yourself against something that wasn't needing to be defended against. Everyone appreciates hard workers. Modern society is not passed the point of being overworked and unappreciated.
My dad sang this to me as a little kid, and the both of my sisters. Now my sister sings it to her kids and, when I have children, well I plan to sing it to them to.
My dad was in West Virginia ..he sang this while in the mines. He died at the age 51..he died thanks to a piece of shale crushed him..
I'm sorry
@Todd K eat shit troll
Todd K you seem stupid
How much did it weigh? About sixteen or so tons?
This record was a present for me on Christmas 1955
Never cease to give me shivers!
I just wanted to say this was showed to me by my teacher who recently retired. Im 15 and i appreciate all music. and this is a classic and i love this song. major respect.
A well-groomed mustache was the secret behind his rich, deep voice.
my all time favorite song. My great grandfather died in a coal mine in Pennsylvania.
I remembered this song as a kid even remembered hearing this song on DTV (Disney Television) Golden Oldies
Yes... me too... working long hours at work made me remember this... lol
This was when all music was open to everybody. It was in the top 40. Not until about 3 decades later that it was called just Country. Loved this song, still know all the lyrics.
A song with this kind of message would _never_ make it to #1 in America today. They used to stick up for working people back then. Now we watch rich celebrities firing people. And how would anyone now dare to question the generosity of the "job creators"! I guess that's why they had unions and a thriving middle class, when now we have a shrinking middle class and decreasing wages. (sorry if you don't like the political comment, but after all, it is what the song's about.
bill johnson Really? Explain that without making me laugh in your face.
The generation of my great grandfather were virtual slaves, they worked long hours in the coal mines for very little pay. Ever hear the song " Sixteen Ton "? It went something like this " You load sixteen ton and what do you get, another day older and deeper in debt." Utube it I am sure it is there. " I owe my soul to the company store ". They lived in company houses no bathroom one cold water spigot in the house, and you know what, we were happy then, everyone was poor. No rioting or looking out for handouts you got what you earned. That is why the coalregion people are known for their hard work ethic.
bill johnson
Way to try and deflect. YOU need to answer MY question first.
bill johnson
Deflection..... again. If that's all you can do then I'm done
+bill johnson I don't think Ondrix understands what you are saying.
"Progressive" is a term represented by a couple of the variant political front organizations of the Communist Party USA, back in the day. But I don't see a Socialist utopia rising up when so many can't find a descent job. But I think what is really going on is that capitalists and Marxists have found a place to coexist, for now; the corps get cheap labor from constant renewals of cheap labor through immigration, and the Left gets voters. Eventually, the gloves will come off and they final confrontation will occur. I expect a variation of The French Revolution.
Man! Everyone has their own opinion but I just enjoy the music. I was about 6 years old the first time I heard this song and I tried singing it all day long until my Dad said: "You're going to own your soul to the company store, too." Those words rang so true but I still love this song! I'm retired now.
South Park bought me here !!
🤦♂️ Try list to this for years cuz it's my dad n grandpa favorite song
Me too
My oldest brother showed me this and told me this was one of our dad's all time favorites. My father died 3 months back. RIP.
great man and voice
This song has been stuck in my head many a time, found myself singing it. Sixteen tons ...
The company stores are bigger and fewer, and they want your soul more than ever.
The problems we have now are small compared to the past, we should be thankful of the people who came before us. So in that we agree.
dig it. Ultimate heavy work mantra you can snap your fingers to.
Phenomenal baritone voice, wonderful song. Thanks to the Heineken Commercial for reminding me of this greate song.
still watching it in 2016 ☺
So when I was in elementary school, I could not fall asleep unless my Grama played the Hee Haw tenth anniversary DVD in our living room. This was one of the songs that played during that show, and although I only know the chorus of the song, it's still really special to me. :)
Happy birthday Mr. Ford, RIP
Thank You Lord Egan, this song takes me back to my child hood when I lived on a dairy and 'hooked' tons of alfalfa every day to feed the milk stock and sang this song while I worked.
load 16 tons, what do you get? Debased currency, issued by a private central bank to your nation as loan, and deeper in debt.
taxation is theft
i like this song
Flying Fox Fruits Don't you worry so much. USA has the strongest army on Earth and they don't give a fuck about returning debts. And never will.
Flying Fox Fruits fucking liberals
☭
One of my teachers showed me this song one morning before school started, and I love it! I'm gonna give oldies a shot.
Fantastic song.
love this song old school is always the best......i owe my soul to the company store too..
"amen, Ernie."
Andrew Abrahams amen indeed
Sang this song in a choir performance last night! :)
You work 18 hours and whaddya get? Parents sell ya to Paris Hilton.
:D
lol
🐻
I wish ,, that wood be priceless
It's you load 16 tons
My grand dad and me used to listen to this, it makes me think of him. RIP grand dad, much love for ya always!
This is why we have unions.
yeah
And then shitty workers com the unions and put business owners and the unions through legal hell.
and the worker grows weaker cause of that
+Stephen Morris this is why we have Manitous and JCBs.........:)
Stephen Morris: had*
Recently I was working at Wal-mart... Every day on my way to work I'd listen to this song....
Life in W.Va before the unions.
time seems to dull the momory of life prior to unions and workers rights
I can relate to that so well. This was the one song that I associated best with my grandfather. It's been eight years almost since he died, and I still miss him. This song always makes me cry.
My late Cameronian Grandpa's favourite song
This song hits different when you listen to it as an adult.
Im only 16 and i think this song is brilliant!
nobody asked.
His weekly show was a "must watch." What memories...and THEN, Nat "King" Cole got a show...wow!
South Park bought me here
Brandon Hoover Me Fallout
RIP Tennessee Ernie. Great singer and comedian
Today's song would sing:
"Sooommmme people say a man is made out of credit,
A poor man is made out of credit and loans,
Credit and loans and a skin of bones,
A credit thats weak and a loan thats strong,
Ya take 16k out and whatta ya get?
Another day older and deeper in debt,
Saint Peter dontcha call me cause i cant go!!!!
I owe my soul to DriveTime... shit, ive been had!!"
If any song needs to be remade 10 times and played over and over on the radio, it’s this one.
The reasons why this song hasn’t been replicated and brought into modern context are the same as the reasons for why it needs to be.
Amazon should consider renaming themselves "The Company Store".
Music for the time is still timeless, new situations but still cuts to the heart. Thanks for the classics
South park picks the best songs!!!!
I first heard this song when I was around 12 or 13 years old. My mother was a teenager in the 50s and so she plays a lot of oldies and I listen to them. This become one of my favorite songs.
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love this used to listen to my uncles cassettes when I was young this was on
South Park lmao
60 years ago and things never change. We still give all we have. Another day older and deep in debt
Why are the cameras facing the audience in colour?
***** Oh thank you. I didn't know that was him. :)
Huh?
So what’s the answer?
Because the people are watching him perform on a video.
They were random senile old men who constantly hear this song in their heads and start snapping.
granddad used to always play this song in his old Chevy. always find memories from this song lol.
This is the famous 16 tons
My Mom was a singer and I grew up on this kind of music, classic..
You load sixteen tons, whaddya get? Another Hangover and you're deeper in debt.
Recalls to my mind great memories of my youth in the 1950's.
Great to hear this great song again.
Thanks for sharing.
It's also in the Simpsons episode, "Bart Gets an Elephant."
Sang this one year in chorus in school and have never forgotten the song. It always spontaneously pops up into my head at the most unexpected times and gets stuck there.
South Park's episode "Unfulfilled" brought me here. (not Fallout 76)
It's so funny cuz of Amazon
Favorite song of my dad, my daughter, & me, of course!
One of my favorite songs and im 11
savanna frederick yeah it was my my favorite when I was a kid
savanna frederick Do you even know what he's singing about?
depp8444 it's not rocket science
I learned that song from a jukebox in the bar we hung out at in college. What fun!
Joli texte
My mother used to sing this to me when I was a kid, thanks for sharing.
Southpark!
same here...Ernie ford was OPAs favoriate singer...loved how great thou art.
Robbie Wiliams
This was shown during a Tennessee Ernie Ford 50 years Tribute show on Nashville Network in 1989..The live audience in the tribute is being shown the song (from 1956) in the studio..
Is that the upper class snapping in tune? :D
Sixteen Tons . A great song. I love that old song. I sing along with it every time I hear it.
he still sounds better than Justine Bieber....:)
that's not saying at all
better than a lot of music not just the Biebster!!! he is a kid just doing his thing...
"Still" sounds, implying that music inherently sounds worse with time?
You're making a joke that isn't there.
Brian Powers I oughta slap you for even making this comparison!
Most of these reply-ers don't seem to understand you were making a funny. (I noticed that old-school emoticon at the end.) BTW, Justin Beiber is better off making a song called "16 McNuggets".
Well, I was about 7 years old when I first heard this song... My dad was CRAZY about "Western" music... "Home on the Range" "Sixteen Tons" "Do not forsake me oh my Darling"...
My dad was not a cowboy, or even an American... He was an Enlish man, an accountant, who was born in the East End of London...
Gosh this is a great song.
John "Whiteboy" Walden
Philippines.
I'm hear from South Park 2018
I grew up listening to the great Tennessee Ernie Ford singing this song. I remember seeing him on TV (small screen, black and white) singing this song, but I can't remember the show. I think it was before Ed Sullivan, but I'm not sure! Too many years to count back! Anyway, this will always be my favorite version.
Fallout 76 boiiiss
one fist of iron, the other of steel - if the right one don't get you then the left one will ... this song is timeless ... ford is a legend