Pay Me My Money Down
Words & Music: Traditional
(Recorded by POLES APART on The
Song Goes On)
I thought I heard the Captain say,
Pay me my money down,
Tomorrow is my sailing day,
Pay me my money down.
Chorus:
You owe me, you pay me, pay me my money down,
Pay me Mister Stevedore, pay me my money down,
You owe me, you pay me, pay me my money down,
Pay me or go to jail, pay me my money down.
As soon as the boat was clear of the bar,
Pay me my money down,
The First Mate knocked me down with a spar,
Pay me my money down.
Well forty days and nights, on the tide,
Pay me my money down,
They squeezed every dollar outta my hide,
Pay me my money down.
I heard the sailors down below ... say:
“Pay me my money down”,
You don't pay us and the ship don't go,
Pay me my money down.
If I was a rich man’s son,
Pay me my money down,
I’d stay at home just drinkin’ rum,
Pay me my money down.
