Another line came from their father, a coal miner, who would say: "I can't afford to die. The line "You load sixteen tons and what do you get? Another day older and deeper in debt" came from a letter written by Travis's brother John. It was first released in July 1947 by Capitol on Travis's album Folk Songs of the Hills. Cliffie Stone played bass on the recording. Travis first recorded the song at the Radio Recorders Studio B in Hollywood, California, on August 8, 1946. " Sixteen Tons" is a song written by Merle Travis about a coal miner, based on life in the mines of Muhlenberg County, Kentucky. Tennessee Ernie Ford's version of "Sixteen Tons" was a number-one hit in the United States.
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