The song Cindy O Cindy was written by Bert Long in 1956. The tune it uses is a song called Pay Me My Money Down first recorded by the Weavers in 1951. Bert Long wrote new words and called it Cindy O Cindy for the Tarriers this got to number 8 in the USA pop charts and was covered by Eddie Fisher and got to number 4. This song is not the same tune as Get Along Cindy. Other version of Cindy O Cindy were in 1961 the highwaymen and in 1956 a British singer called Tony Brent had a British chart hit with this song. Pay me my money down was sung in 1963 Kingtston Trio did a recording as pay me my money down about the same time as the Kingston's recording of pay me my money down sam cook did a fantastic song called win your love for me. I sung the 1956 folk come pop song Cindy at the Captain's bar in Edinburgh and told the history. If you know of others that have the tune of the 1956 song that were written before i would like to no more. thanks from Joe.