Pay me the money down
- Your Money young man is no object to me,
Pay me the money down!
Oh, money down, oh, money down,
Pay me the money down! - I went for a cruise, boys, around the town,
Pay me the money down!
I there met a gal called Sally Brown,
Pay me the money down! - I put me arm around her waist,
Pay me the money down!
Sez she, ‘Young men, yer in great haste.
Pay me the money down! - ‘My price for love is half a crown,
Pay me the money down!
An’ money down, ‘t is real money down.’
Pay me the money down! - Oh, the Yankee dollar some gits for their pay,
Pay me the money down!
Will buy us rum, boys, for many a day.
Pay me the money down! - A dollar a day is a white man’s pay,
Pay me the money down!
Stowin’ cotton all the day.
Pay me the money down! - Oh, if I had silver dollars galore,
Pay me the money down!
I’d pack me bags and stay on shore.
Pay me the money down! - I wisht I had ten thousand pound,
Pay me the money down!
I’d sail this ol’ world, around an’ around.
Pay me the money down! - I wisht I wuz Ol’ Stormy’s son,
Pay me the money down!
I’d build a ship o’ a thousan’ ton.
Pay me the money down! - We’d stay at the ports where we wuz in,
Pay me the money down!
Drinkin’ beer an’ whisky an’ gin.
Pay me the money down! - When the ship it ties up an’ the voyage is through,
Pay me the money down!
I wants me pay, sir, every sou.
Pay me the money down!