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1528988

Sixteen Tons (arr. John Fries) Digital Sheet Music

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Sixteen Tons (arr. John Fries)
by Alan Galbraith
Piano, Vocal & Guitar Chords - Digital Sheet Music

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Artist Alan Galbraith
Score Type
PDF, Included with PASS
Arranger John Fries
Composer Alan Galbraith Andrew Mckay Benny Trowell Mark Matthews
Format Digital Sheet Music
Pages 3
Arrangement Piano, Vocal & Guitar Chords
Publisher John Fries
Product ID 1528988
Instruments Guitar Piano Voice

Product Description

TYPE JOHN FRIES IN THE SEARCH BAR TO SEE ALL I HAVE TO OFFER. Thanks, John. "Sixteen Tons" is a song written by Merle Travis about a coal miner, based on life in the mines of Muhlenberg County, Kentucky. The line "another day older and deeper in debt" from the chorus came from a letter written by Travis's brother John. This and the line "I owe my soul to the company store" are a reference to the trucking system and to debt bondage. Under this scrip system, workers were not paid cash; rather they were paid with non-transferable credit vouchers that could be exchanged only for goods sold at the company store. This made it impossible for workers to store up cash savings.

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