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* JobSong: "Sixteen Tons" is one of the bleakest job songs in existence, as it's a man's lament that regardless of how hard he works, he'll never escape the CompanyTown.
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* BornDuringAStorm: "Sixteen Tons" gives two different accounts of the protagonist's birth, both downplayed. In the second verse, "born one morning when the sun didn't shine" and in the third: "born one morning, it was drizzling rain".
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* BassoProfundo: Even before he achieved success with country and crossover audiences, he acquired renown for his below-the-staff Southern gospel voice.
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* WorkingClassAnthem: "Sixteen Tons" is about a man toiling in a coal mine, and more or less paying his employer with their money.
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* WorkingClassAnthem: "Sixteen Tons" is about a man toiling in a company town owned by a coal mine, and more or less paying company, where he has no choice but to buy everything he needs from his employer with their money.employer.
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!!In popular culture:
* In ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' episode [[Recap/TheSimpsonsS13E13TheOldManAndTheKey "The Old Man and the Key"]], Grandpa Abe finds Tennessee Ernie Ford in Branson, Missouri, even though it's been years since Ford died, so Abe informs him so. When Ford plays fool, Abe shows Ford his own obituary, at which point Ford suddenly crumbles into dust.
* Ford's version of "Sixteen Tons" is played in the ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'' episode [[Recap/SouthParkS22E9Unfulfilled "Unfulfilled"]] in the background of a montage of an Amazon Fulfillment Center.
* Ford is mentioned in an episode of ''Series/RealTimeWithBillMaher'' when Creator/BillMaher attributes "Sixteen Tons" to him (rather than its actual composer, Merle Travis) and, much like the ''South Park'' example, uses the song's lyrics as an allegory for the working conditions of Amazon warehouses. Bill also states, however, that he thinks the song and folk songs in general are horrible, especially after repeating the song's famous chorus.
* In ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' episode [[Recap/TheSimpsonsS13E13TheOldManAndTheKey "The Old Man and the Key"]], Grandpa Abe finds Tennessee Ernie Ford in Branson, Missouri, even though it's been years since Ford died, so Abe informs him so. When Ford plays fool, Abe shows Ford his own obituary, at which point Ford suddenly crumbles into dust.
* Ford's version of "Sixteen Tons" is played in the ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'' episode [[Recap/SouthParkS22E9Unfulfilled "Unfulfilled"]] in the background of a montage of an Amazon Fulfillment Center.
* Ford is mentioned in an episode of ''Series/RealTimeWithBillMaher'' when Creator/BillMaher attributes "Sixteen Tons" to him (rather than its actual composer, Merle Travis) and, much like the ''South Park'' example, uses the song's lyrics as an allegory for the working conditions of Amazon warehouses. Bill also states, however, that he thinks the song and folk songs in general are horrible, especially after repeating the song's famous chorus.
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->''"You load sixteen tons, what do you get?\\
Another day older and deeper in debt\\
Saint Peter don't you call me, 'cause I can't go\\
I owe my soul to the company store."''
-->-- "'''Sixteen Tons'''"
Ernest Jennings Ford (February 13, 1919 – October 17, 1991), known professionally as Tennessee Ernie Ford, was an American singer and television host who performed in the {{Country|Music}}, {{Pop}}, and {{Gospel|Music}} music genres. Noted for his rich bass-baritone voice, he is remembered for his hit version of "Sixteen Tons". He also became a household name in the U.S. largely as a result of his portrayal in 1954 of "Cousin Ernie" on three episodes of ''Series/ILoveLucy''.
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!!In popular culture:
* In ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' episode [[Recap/TheSimpsonsS13E13TheOldManAndTheKey "The Old Man and the Key"]], Grandpa Abe finds Tennessee Ernie Ford in Branson, Missouri, even though it's been years since Ford died, so Abe informs him so. When Ford plays fool, Abe shows Ford his own obituary, at which point Ford suddenly crumbles into dust.
* Ford's version of "Sixteen Tons" is played in the ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'' episode [[Recap/SouthParkS22E9Unfulfilled "Unfulfilled"]] in the background of a montage of an Amazon Fulfillment Center.
* Ford is mentioned in an episode of ''Series/RealTimeWithBillMaher'' when Creator/BillMaher attributes "Sixteen Tons" to him (rather than its actual composer, Merle Travis) and, much like the ''South Park'' example, uses the song's lyrics as an allegory for the working conditions of Amazon warehouses. Bill also states, however, that he thinks the song and folk songs in general are horrible, especially after repeating the song's famous chorus.
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->''"You load sixteen tons, what do you get?\\
Another day older and deeper in debt\\
Saint Peter don't you call me, 'cause I can't go\\
I owe my soul to the company store."''
-->-- "'''Sixteen Tons'''"
Ernest Jennings Ford (February 13, 1919 – October 17, 1991), known professionally as Tennessee Ernie Ford, was an American singer and television host who performed in the {{Country|Music}}, {{Pop}}, and {{Gospel|Music}} music genres. Noted for his rich bass-baritone voice, he is remembered for his hit version of "Sixteen Tons". He also became a household name in the U.S. largely as a result of his portrayal in 1954 of "Cousin Ernie" on three episodes of ''Series/ILoveLucy''.
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!!In popular culture:
* In ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' episode [[Recap/TheSimpsonsS13E13TheOldManAndTheKey "The Old Man and the Key"]], Grandpa Abe finds Tennessee Ernie Ford in Branson, Missouri, even though it's been years since Ford died, so Abe informs him so. When Ford plays fool, Abe shows Ford his own obituary, at which point Ford suddenly crumbles into dust.
* Ford's version of "Sixteen Tons" is played in the ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'' episode [[Recap/SouthParkS22E9Unfulfilled "Unfulfilled"]] in the background of a montage of an Amazon Fulfillment Center.
* Ford is mentioned in an episode of ''Series/RealTimeWithBillMaher'' when Creator/BillMaher attributes "Sixteen Tons" to him (rather than its actual composer, Merle Travis) and, much like the ''South Park'' example, uses the song's lyrics as an allegory for the working conditions of Amazon warehouses. Bill also states, however, that he thinks the song and folk songs in general are horrible, especially after repeating the song's famous chorus.
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