Pay Me My Money Down Lyrics
Bruce Springsteen With The Sessions Band
Lyrics
Pay me, you owe me
Pay me my money down
Pay me or go to jail
Pay me my money down
I thought I heard the captain say
Pay me my money down
Tomorrow is our sailing day
Pay me my money down
Pay me, you owe me
Pay me my money down
Pay me or go to jail
Pay me my money down
Late last night we went into a bar
Pay me money down
They knocked us down with the end of a spar
Pay me my money down
Pay me, you owe me
Pay me my money down
Pay me or go to jail
Pay me my money down
I wish I was Mr. Howard's son
Pay me my money down
Sit in the house and watch the work getting down
Pay me my money down
Pay me, you owe me
Song & Lyrics Facts
Bruce Springsteen with The Sessions Band's Pay Me My Money Down is a song from the 2006 album We Shall Overcome: The Seeger Sessions. This folk-rock album was released on April 25, 2006 and it features traditional Americana songs reinterpreted by Bruce Springsteen and his backing band dubbed The Sessions Band.
This track was written by traditional folksong writer Huddie Ledbetter (Lead Belly) and arranged by Bruce Springsteen. The lyrics of this song tell of an itinerant worker who has had enough of being cheated out of his wages and demands to be paid for his work. The Sessions Band members include Curt Ramm (trumpet), Sam Bardfeld (violin), Larry Eagle (drums), Greg Liszt (banjo), Charlie Giordano (keyboards), Art Baron (trombone), Marc Anthony Thompson (guitar/vocals), Soozie Tyrell (fiddle/vocals), Clark Gayton (trombone) and Lisa Lowell (accordion). This version of Pay Me My Money Down was featured in the 2012 movie Lincoln and was released as a single in 2007. It became one of the album’s most popular tracks