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Always loved this song since I was 14 my parents played folk songs in the car. Has more meaning as I age. And the red army was an unexpected delight lol
You carry 16 Tons, and what do you get?
Here's the original version from Merle Travis! He actually wrote a few songs that became famous by other artists like this and 'smoke smoke smoke that cigarette'