[Verse 1]
I thought I heard the Captain say
Pay me my money down
Tomorrow is our sailing day
Pay me my money down

[Chorus]
Pay me, pay me
Pay me my money down
Pay me or go to jail
Pay me my money down

[Verse 2]
As soon as that boat was clear of the bar
Pay me my money down
He knocked me down with a spar
Pay me my money down

[Chorus]
Pay me, pay me
Pay me my money down
Pay me or go to jail
Pay me my money down

Come on!
[Instrumental break]
Soozie!
[Verse 3]
Well, if I'd been a rich man's son
Pay me my money down
I'd sit on the river and watch it run
Pay me my money down

[Chorus]
Pay me, pay me
Pay me my money down
Pay me or go to jail
Pay me my money down

Ho!
[Accordion solo]
Let’s hear the trumpet!
[Trumpet solo]

All right, everybody
Let's bring it up to B flat
A one, two, three!

[Verse 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
[Chorus]
Pay me, pay me
Pay me my money down
Pay me or go to jail
Pay me my money down

All right, somebody!
Yes! Hello!
Yip!
Yeah!
Trumpet!
Whoo!
Once more, trumpet!
Woah!

All right now!
Back to G
A one two, a one two three!
Yeah!

[Verse 5]
Well, 40 nights, nights at sea
Pay me my money down
Captain worked every last dollar out of me
Pay me my money down
[Chorus]
Pay me, pay me
Pay me my money down
Pay me or go to jail
Pay me my money down
Pay me, pay me
Pay me my money down
Pay me or go to jail
Pay me my money down
Pay me, pay me
Pay me my money down
Pay me or go to jail
Pay me my money down

Everybody solo!
Woo!
Woah!
Woo!
Woo!