Well, I thought I heard the captain say,

Pay me my money down.

Tomorrow is my sailing day,

Pay me my money down

Chorus Pay me. you owe me.

Pay me my money down.

Pay me or go to jail.

Pay me my money down.

Soon as that boat cleared the bar,

Pay me my money down,

The first mate knocked me with the end of a spar

Pay me my money down. Chorus

Well if I'd been a rich mans son,

Pay me my money down.

I'd sit on the river and watch the work done,

Pay me my money down. Chorus

If I had a ship of a hundred ton,

pay me my money down.

I'd fill it up with Jamaca rum.

Pay me my money down. Chorus

Well, 40 days and nights at sea,

pay me my money down.

They worked every last dollar out of me.

Pay me my money down. Chorus