First verse and Refrain
You pay me, you owe me
Pay me my money down
Pay me or go to jail
Pay me my money down
Verses - call (and response)
I thought I heard the captain say (pay me my money down)
Tomorrow's goin' to be our sailing day (" ")
I heard them talkin' in the decks below (" ")
If we don't get paid this ship won't go (" ")
If I had known that the boss was blind (" ")
I wouldn't have started workin' 'til half past nine (" ")
If I was the boss' son (" ")
I'd just sit in the shade 'til the work was done (" ")