Origins: Pay Me My Money Down

Subject: RE: Origins: Pay Me My Money Down
From: GUEST
Date: 26 Nov 18 - 09:20 AM

Pay Me Money Down started life in 1943 as a song Alan Lomax collected as a folk song called 'Keep Inchin' Along'.

Subject: RE: Origins: Pay Me My Money Down
From: GUEST
Date: 19 Oct 25 - 07:37 AM

I heard your mention of the gospel song Hand Me Down My Walking Cane being related to the song pay me my money down the words are but not the tune remember to tell your name from joe.

Subject: RE: Origins: Pay Me My Money Down
From: GUEST
Date: 17 Apr 26 - 06:33 AM

Keir Starmer is leaving now,
pay me my money down
his work is going so resigning,
so say he's a owl
pay me my money down.
we'll lock him up in bill
and put him down in terrible
pay me my money down.

these words came in to my head from joe.

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Line breaks added for readability, it may be the lines are compound so longer. ---mudelf

Subject: RE: Origins: Pay Me My Money Down
From: mayomick
Date: 17 Apr 26 - 09:56 AM

Georgia Islands to Mobile Bay ......not so very far away ????

Was you ever in Mobile bay, Bonnie Laddie, Hieland Laddie?


Screwing cotton all the day Bonnie, Hie - land Laddie ….