Tennessee Ernie Ford Lyrics
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Sixteen Tons
Other Songs A Hundred Years from Today Adeste Fideles Ain't Nobody's Business But My Own Anticipation Blues Ballad Of Davy Crockett Big Bad John Blackberry Boogie Dark as a Dungeon El Tamborilero False Hearted Girl Give Me Your Word Goin' Steady Hambone Hey Good Lookin Hey Good Lookin' (Ft Helen O'Connell) His Amazing Grace How Come You Do Me Like You Do? In The Middle Of An Island It Came Upon A Midnight Clear It's the Talk of the Town Just a Little Talk With Jesus Let It Be Let The Lower Lights Be Burning Loving Her Was Easier (Than Anything I'll Ever Do Again) Mule Train My Grandfather's Clock Nobody Wins Oh! Happy Day Precious Memories Put Your Hand in the Hand Rainy Night in Georgia River of No Return She Called Me Baby Shot-Gun Boogie Sleepy Time Gal Slow Poke Sweet Hour of Prayer Thats All The Ballad Of Davy Crockett The Cry Of The Wild Goose The First Noel The Little Drummer Boy The Old Rugged Cross The Shot Gun Boogie The Shot-gun Boogie
Other Songs A Hundred Years from Today Adeste Fideles Ain't Nobody's Business But My Own Anticipation Blues Ballad Of Davy Crockett Big Bad John Blackberry Boogie Dark as a Dungeon El Tamborilero False Hearted Girl Give Me Your Word Goin' Steady Hambone Hey Good Lookin Hey Good Lookin' (Ft Helen O'Connell) His Amazing Grace How Come You Do Me Like You Do? In The Middle Of An Island It Came Upon A Midnight Clear It's the Talk of the Town Just a Little Talk With Jesus Let It Be Let The Lower Lights Be Burning Loving Her Was Easier (Than Anything I'll Ever Do Again) Mule Train My Grandfather's Clock Nobody Wins Oh! Happy Day Precious Memories Put Your Hand in the Hand Rainy Night in Georgia River of No Return She Called Me Baby Shot-Gun Boogie Sleepy Time Gal Slow Poke Sweet Hour of Prayer Thats All The Ballad Of Davy Crockett The Cry Of The Wild Goose The First Noel The Little Drummer Boy The Old Rugged Cross The Shot Gun Boogie The Shot-gun Boogie
Ernest Jennings Ford known professionally as Tennessee Ernie Ford, was an American singer and television host who enjoyed success in the country and western, pop, and gospel musical genres. Noted for his rich bass-baritone voice and down-home humor, he is remembered for his hit recordings of "The Shotgun Boogie" and "Sixteen Tons".
Birth Name: Ernest Jennings FordBorn: February 13, 1919
Died: October 17, 1991
Genre(s): Country, pop, gospel
Instrument(s): Vocals, acoustic guitar, harmonica, piano
Occupation(s): Musician, actor
Active From: 1949-1991
Quotes:
"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"
-Tennessee Ernie Ford
from Sixteen Tons (1947)
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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"
-Tennessee Ernie Ford
from Sixteen Tons (1947)
(more Tennessee Ernie Ford Quotes)