Typing's getting worse!  I give up for the night! Becky > > >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 > 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. > > > In a message dated 11/24/00 5:02:28 PM Eastern Standard Time, marged@btinternet.com writes: > > > Stop trying to make me feel guilty, Dave! > > "I owe my soul to the Company Store" - was it Lonnie Donergan or was his > just a > cheap copy of some American? > > >