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# Sixteen Tons Test

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2026-03-16Runtime: 0:45

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Sixteen Tons Test \#16tons \#mining \#coal

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[Timestamped description and transcript](/video-text/test-sixteen-tons-test.txt) · [JSON](/video-text/test-sixteen-tons-test.json)\
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# Sixteen Tons Test



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An animated zombie miner sings the song 'Sixteen Tons' while accompanied by three fish-headed miners against a Minecraft-themed background.



## Timestamped description



[00:00–00:14] A 3D character in miner attire sings the opening verse with expressive facial animations. Three anthropomorphic fish miners stand behind him against blocky Minecraft scenery.

[00:14–00:30] The zombie miner and background fish perform the chorus of 'Sixteen Tons' with kinetic subtitles displayed in the foreground.

[00:30–00:45] The miner character continues singing the second verse, smiling intensely as animated text syncs to the lyrics.



## Speech transcript



[00:00–00:04] Singer: Well, I was born on a morning when the sun didn't shine

[00:04–00:07] Singer: I picked up my shovel and I walked to the mine

[00:07–00:11] Singer: I loaded 16 tons of number nine coal

[00:11–00:14] Singer: And the straw boss said, 'Well, bless my soul'

[00:14–00:17] Singer: You load 16 tons, and what do you get?

[00:17–00:21] Singer: Another day older and deeper in debt

[00:21–00:24] Singer: Saint Peter, don't you call me, 'cause I can't go

[00:24–00:30] Singer: I owe my soul to the company store

[00:30–00:34] Singer: I was born one mornin' in the drizzlin' rain

[00:34–00:38] Singer: Fightin' and trouble been my middle name

[00:38–00:42] Singer: I was raised in the canebrake by an ol' mama lion

[00:42–00:45] Singer: Can't no high-toned woman make me walk the



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