D
1. I thought I heard the captain say
A
Pay me my money down
Tomorrow is our sailing day
D
Pay me my money down
D
R: Pay me, pay me
A
Pay me my money down
Pay me or go to jail
A
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...
