I   Some people say man's made out mud,
                                             Well, a good man's made out of muscle and blood
                            
    Muscle and blood, and skin and bones,
             And mind that's weak and the back that's strong.
                  [bad word]  You load 16 tons,
                              And what do you get?
           En                 Another day older,
                             And deeper in debt.
                                    Saint Peter, don't you call me,
               
        Cause I can't go,
                                               
       I owe my soul to [bad word] store!

II  I was born one morning when sun didn't shine,
    I picked up my shovel and I went to the mine,
    Loaded 16 tons of number nine coal,
    And the straw boss said: "Well, bless my soul!"
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III I was born one morning, it was drizzling rain,
    Fighting and Trouble 's my middle name,
    I was raised down the Canebrake by an old mountain mine,
    And there ain't no hard hearted women make me walk that line!
 [bad word] 
IV  If you see [bad word]  you better step aside,
    lot of men didn't and a lot of men died.
    My one fist is iron, the other one's steel,
    And if the left don't getcha, then the right one will.
 [bad word]