Pay me my money down

Pay me, pay me - pay me my money down,

Pay me or go to jail - pay me my money down.

I thought I heard the captain say - pay me my money down,

Tomorrow is our sailing day - pay me my money down.

As soon as the boat was clear of the bar - pay me ...

The captain knocked me down with a spar - pay ...

The very next day we sailed away - pay me my ....

Sailed the seas for a year and a day - pay .....

Well forty nights, nights at sea - ...

Captain worked the last dollar out of me - ...

If I'd a known the boss was blind - ...

I wouldn't have worked 'til half past nine - ...

My fiancee she said to me - ...

I don't give my favours free - ...

The judge he said “Look here you mug, - ...

You'll pay your fine, or you'll go to jug! - ...

My wife she said to me one day - ...

You've had your fun, so don't delay - ...

If I’d been a rich man’s son,

I’d sit on the river and watch it run,

There's a lot more verses to this song - ...

But I guess we'd better be moving along - ...

Traditionel Georgia Sea Islands v/ Lydia Parrish 1942