Then 16 tons, now 16 trillion

[DJofSD]

Ernie (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Joo90ZWrUkU) would be very sad.

[boxcar]

Ernie (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Joo90ZWrUkU) would be very sad.

Maybe not. In a sense that was a very prophetic song when you stop to think about it. Ernie did himself proud.

Boxcar

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I liked the Homer and Jethro version of the song, which also pertained to where the country is heading. They changed the end of the chorus to:

"Saint Peter, don't you holler fer me today,
'Cause I'm a-diggin' the other way."

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[DJofSD]

Kool -- don't think I've heard that version before!

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Kool -- don't think I've heard that version before!
Country singers (and sometimes popular singers, as well) of the '40's through the '60's would know that they had finally "made it" when Homer and Jethro would parody one of their songs. (Check out their other stuff on YouTube,)

[Tom]

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[Tom]

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[Actor]

It's a pro union song.

http://www.folkarchive.de/sixteen2.html

[DJofSD]

It's a pro union song.

http://www.folkarchive.de/sixteen2.html

Typical. Given a chance to substitute one large dictating organization for another, a liberal will offer that false choice every time.