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Tennessee Ernie Ford

Ernest Jennings Ford (February 13, 1919 – October 17, 1991), known professionally as Tennessee Ernie Ford, was an American recording artist and television host who enjoyed success in the country and Western, pop, and gospel musical genres. Noted for his rich bass-baritone voice and down-home humor, he is remembered for his hit recordings of "The Shotgun Boogie" and "Sixteen Tons".

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If you see me coming, better step aside. A lotta men didn't, a lotta men died.

Aside, Egotism, Men, See, Step, Steps

Sixteen Tons was written eight years before I recorded it.

Eight, Sixteen, Written, Years

Know yourself -- and know your audience.

Audience, Know, Know Yourself, Knows

You can keep rummaging around until you find a song you like, but you can't predict whether it'll hit or not.

Hit, Keep, Predict, Rummaging, Song

I snapped my fingers all through it. Sometimes I set my own tempo during rehearsal by doing that.

Fingers, Rehearsal, Snapped, Sometimes, Tempo

You load sixteen tons, what do you get? Another day older and deeper in debt.

Debt, Older, Sixteen, Tons, Work

Shot Gun Boogie, I wanted wedding bells. I'll be back little gal, when your pappy runs out of shells.

Dancing, Gal, Gun, Pappy, Running, Shot

You can't cheat the public for long.

Cheat, Long, Public

I tell you, I was as nervous as a long-tailed cat in a roomful of rockers!

Cat, Long, Nervous, Rockers, Roomful

Do you want to be successful? Nurture your talent.

Nurture, Successful, Talent, Want

When you do a show five days a week and one night a week, the way I was doing, you use up so much music every day that pretty soon you find yourself hustling for material.

Finding Yourself, Five, Hustle, Music, Night, Week