Genre: folk
I thought I heard the captain say,
Pay me my money down.
Tomorrow is my sailing day,
pay me my money down.
Pay me oh Pay me
Pay me my money down
Pay me or go to jail.
Pay me my money down.
The very next day we cleared the bar,
pay me my money down,
He knocked me down with the end of a spar
Pay me my money down.
Pay me oh Pay me
Pay me my money down
Pay me or go to jail.
Pay me my money down.
I wish I was mister Howard's son,
pay me my money down.
Sit in the house and drink good rum.
Pay me my money down.
Pay me oh Pay me
Pay me my money down
Pay me or go to jail.
Pay me my money down.
