In a message dated 11/24/00 8:41:49 PM Eastern Standard Time, RHALL451@aol.com writes: > In a message dated 11/24/00 5:02:28 PM Eastern Standard Time, > marged@btinternet.com writes: > > > > "I owe my soul to the Company Store" - was it Lonnie Donergan or was his > > just a > > cheap copy of some American? > > > > > > "You load sixteen tons & what do you get. Another day older and deeper in > debt." > > What year could your Lonnie Donergan have sung it? Tennessee Ernie Ford > first sang the son "Sixteen Tons" in 1955, on his show here in the States. > > Marged, I guess my fingers are just as tired as I am tonight. I thoulght I hit the "g" for "song" in the previous, but see I must have missed it. Anyway, the song "Sixteen tons" has the phrase "I owe my soul to the Company Store" in it. Thought it might possibly be the same. Becky