I thought I heard the captain say
Pay me my money down
Tomorrow is our sailing day
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
Soon as the boat was cleared off the bar
The captain knocked me down with a spar
If I was a rich man’s son
I’d sit on the river and watch it run
And if I was the captain’s son
I’d lay on the deck and drink good rum
I thought I heard the captain say
Tomorrow is our sailing day
