(Chorus)
Pay me, O pay me,
Pay me my money down
Pay me or go to jail
Pay me my money down

(Leader) I thought I heard our Captain say
(Refrain) Pay me my money down
(Leader) Tomorrow is our sailing day
(Refrain) Pay me my money down


(Leader) The very next day we crossed the bar
(Refrain) Pay me my money down
(Leader) He hit me on the head with an iron bar
(Refrain) Pay me my money down

(Leader) I wish I was Mr Jackson's son
(Refrain) Pay me my money down
(Leader) Sit on the fence and watch work done
(Refrain) Pay me my money down



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Source: Singing Together, Spring 1977, BBC Publications

Notes:
Source is simply given as 'America.'


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