Lyrics:

I was born one mornin' when the sun didn't shine Picked up my shovel and I walked to the mine I hauled Sixteen Tons of number 9 coal And the store boss said, ''Well, bless my soul'' (Chorus:) You haul Sixteen Tons, whadaya 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 Repeat Chorus Born one morning it was drizzl'n rain Fightin' and Trouble are my middle name I was raised in a canebrake by an old mama lion And no high-toned woman make me walk the line Repeat Chorus See me comin' better step aside A lot of men didn't and a lot of men died I got one fist of iron and the other of steel And if the right one don't get ya, the left one will Repeat Chorus Born one mornin' when the sun didn't shine Picked up my shovel and I walked to the mine I hauled Sixteen Tons of number 9 coal And the store boss said, ''Well, bless my soul''