| Author | Topic: Add: Pay Me My Money Down | |
| dmcg | Posted - 27 Feb 05 - 04:02 pm | |
(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 %End of file Source: Singing Together, Spring 1977, BBC Publications Notes: Source is simply given as 'America.' | ||
| masato sakurai | Posted - 27 Feb 05 - 05:04 pm | |
From Lydia Parrish, Slave Songs of the Georgia Sea Islands (1942; University of Georgia Press, 1992, pp. 208-210; with music): 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. Oh pay me, Oh pay me Pay me my money down Pay me or go to jail Pay me my money down. Think I heard my captain say Pay me my money down T'morrow is our sailin' day Pay me my money down. (chorus) Wish't I was Mr. Coffin's son Pay me my money down Stay in the house an' drink good rum Pay me my money down. (chorus) You owe me, pay me Pay me my money down Pay me or go to jail Pay me my money down. (chorus) Wish't I was Mr. Foster's son Pay me my money down I'd set on the bank an' see the work done Pay me my money down. | ||
| masato sakurai | Posted - 28 Feb 05 - 12:35 am | |
"Pay Me" is on Alan Lomax's Southern Journey, V. 13: Earliest Times -- Georgia Sea Island Songs for Everyday Living (Rounder, 1998), sung by the Georgia Sea Island Singers. | ||
| masato sakurai | Posted - 28 Feb 05 - 01:45 am | |
Sea shanty "Pay Me The Money Down" is in the Hugill Collections. | ||