All Aboard the Meme Express – Wednesday, December 2, 2009
On this date in 1955, Tennessee Ernie Ford held onto the top of the music charts with his hit single, “Sixteen Tons.”
Does this chorus sound familiar to you?
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.
Here’s “Sixteen Tons,” by Tennessee Ernie Ford:
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The Meme Express for today offers a weighty pair of prompts:
16
tons
Pick one, or use ‘em both.
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