Pay Me My Money Down

1. I thought I heard the captain say

Pay me my money down

Tomorrow is our sailing day

Pay me my money down

R: Pay me, pay me

Pay me my money down

Pay me or go to jail

Pay me my money down

2. Soon as the boat was clear of the bar

Pay me money down

He knocked me down with a spar

Pay me my money down

R: Pay me...

3. Well if I'd been a rich man's son

Pay me my money down

I'd sit on the river and watch 'er run

Pay me my money down

R: Pay me...

4. Well I wish I was Mr Gates

Pay me my money down

They'd haul my money in in crates

Pay me my money down

R: Pay me...

5. Well fourty nights, nights at sea

Pay me my money down

Captain worked every last dollar out of me

Pay me my money down

R: Pay me...