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Tons of debt


August 8, 2009

In the mid-1950s, Tennessee Ernie Ford had a No. 1 Billboard single titled "16 Tons." The lyrics were memorable and everyone knew the chorus:

You load 16 tons, and what do you get?

Another day older and deeper in debt

Saint Peter don't call me, 'cause I can't go;

I owe my soul to the....

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