Pay MeThe Money Down
Recorded by Roger Chartier - you can hear a sample of it or buy the download on the Sea Shanty Store page - A West Indian shore work song taken to sea and used at the pumps and at the halyards (pre 1888) ¾ time
Traditional:
courtesy of www.SailorSongs.com
Your money young man is no object to me.
Pay me the money down
Oh mo-ne-ey dow-own Eh mo-ne-ey down.
Pay me the money down
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I went for a cruise boys around the town.
Pay me the money down
I there met a ga-al called Sa-ally Brown.
Pay me the money down
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I pu-ut me a-arm a – rou-ound her waist.
Pay me the money down
Sez she-e young ma-an yer i-in great haste.
Pay me the money down
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My pri-ice for lo-ove is ha-alf a crown.
Pay me the money down
And mo-oney do-own tis real money down.
Pay me the money down
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The Ya-ankee dollar some gits for their pay.
Pay me the money down
Will bu-uy us rum boys for many a day.
Pay me the money down
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Oh if I had si-ilver dollars galore.
Pay me the money down
I’d pa-ack me ba-ags and sta-ay on shore..
Pay me the money down
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I wishe’d I wa-as old stormy’s son.
Pay me the money down
I’d bui-ild a shi-ip O a thousand ton.
Pay me the money down
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When the ship it ties up and the voyage is through.
Pay me the money down
I wa-ants me pa-ay sir every sou.
Pay me the money down
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We’d stay at the po-orts where we-e was in.
Pay me the money down
A Drinking the beer and the whiskey and gin.
Pay me the money down
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My fa-ancy ga-al she sai-id to me.
Pay me the money down
I re-al-ly don’t give me favors for free.
Pay me the money down
The author of this website has put a lot of time and effort into gathering the greatest collection of sea shanties for the world to enjoy - There are songs that have been to sung to a job of work at sea for many, many years and collecting them has been a great endeavour. - Roger Chartier has made the effort out of his own interest and the requests that he has gotten to do this work from fellow musicians who wanted a good source of sea shanties to draw on and learn from. He has been told that for this effort he is a remarkable man.
