SIXTEEN TONS (GEORGE DAVIS) (Original song exploited in “Heineken Odyssey“)

Lyrics as recorded by George Davis, WKIZ, Hazard, KY, Nov 15-16, 1966, reprinted ibid. CHORUS: I loaded sixteen tons and what do I get Another day older and deeper in debt. Saint Peter don’t call me cause I can’t go I owe my soul to the company store. I was born one morning, was a drizzling rain A fussing and fighting ain’t my middle name. Well they raised me in a corner by a Mammy hound I’m as mean as a dog but I’m as gentle as a lamb. CHORUSLyrics as recorded by George Davis, WKIZ, Hazard, KY, Nov 15-16, 1966, reprinted ibid.