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Wednesday, December 16, 2020

5hVnz Song of the Month...

16 Tons Remakes... 

Johnny Cash - Sixteen Tons...

Johnny Cash - Sixteen Tons - YouTube

Tennessee Ernie Ford - Sixteen Tons (Live)...

Tennessee Ernie Ford - Sixteen Tons (Live) - YouTube

Tennessee Ernie Ford - 16 Tons (Go-Go Version)...

Tennessee Ernie Ford - 16 Tons (Go-Go Version) - YouTube

The Original...

MERLE TRAVIS - Sixteen Tons...

MERLE TRAVIS - Sixteen Tons - YouTube

Merle Ronald Haggard (April 6, 1937 – April 6, 2016) was an American country singer, songwriter, guitarist, and fiddler...

“Sixteen Tons,” is about the lives of miners in Kentucky, where Travis was born. The chorus comes from a letter his brother, John, wrote to him about the death of World War II journalist Ernie Pyle. John wrote, “it’s like working in the coal mines. You load sixteen tons and what do you get?

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