Vintage Monday: Tennessee Ernie Ford - 16 Tons
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Белозубіе Деффачки! хорєограхвія! панцушоти!
Дабі заценіть лулзовость, надо вчитаться в лирику.
И нет, там таки не про бомбу, а про шахтёров.
Как написал один из комментаторов, "You know the best part of being a coalminer? The dancing girls...".
SIXTEEN TONS
By Merle Travis
Some people say a man is made out of mud
A poor man's made out of muscle and blood
Muscle and blood, skin and bones...
A mind that's weak and a back that's strong
Chorus
You load sixteen tons, and what do you get?
another day older and deeper in debt
St. Peter, don't you call me, 'cause I can't go
I owe my soul to the company store
I was born one mornin' and the sun didn't shine
I picked up my shovel and I walked to the mine
I loaded sixteen tons of number nine coal and
the straw boss said, "well bless my soul!"
I was born one mornin' it was drizzlin' rain
fightin' and trouble are my middle name
I was raised in a cane-brake by an old mama lion
can't no high-toned woman make me walk no line
If you see me comin', better step aside
A lot of men didn't, a lot of men died
One fist of iron, the other of steel
If the right one don't get you, then the left one will
К слову, мне так и не удалось раздобыть мою любимую акапелльную версию...
Дабі заценіть лулзовость, надо вчитаться в лирику.
И нет, там таки не про бомбу, а про шахтёров.
Как написал один из комментаторов, "You know the best part of being a coalminer? The dancing girls...".
SIXTEEN TONS
By Merle Travis
Some people say a man is made out of mud
A poor man's made out of muscle and blood
Muscle and blood, skin and bones...
A mind that's weak and a back that's strong
Chorus
You load sixteen tons, and what do you get?
another day older and deeper in debt
St. Peter, don't you call me, 'cause I can't go
I owe my soul to the company store
I was born one mornin' and the sun didn't shine
I picked up my shovel and I walked to the mine
I loaded sixteen tons of number nine coal and
the straw boss said, "well bless my soul!"
I was born one mornin' it was drizzlin' rain
fightin' and trouble are my middle name
I was raised in a cane-brake by an old mama lion
can't no high-toned woman make me walk no line
If you see me comin', better step aside
A lot of men didn't, a lot of men died
One fist of iron, the other of steel
If the right one don't get you, then the left one will
К слову, мне так и не удалось раздобыть мою любимую акапелльную версию...