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Pay Me My Money Down by Bruce Springsteen | SongLyricsOf

Pay Me My Money Down

by Bruce Springsteen

Album: We Shall Overcome: The Seeger Sessions
Released: 2006
Length: 4:32

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"Pay Me My Money Down" is a work song originated among the Black stevedores working in the Georgia Sea Islands. It was collected by Lydia Parrish and published in her 1942 book, Slave Songs of the Georgia Sea Islands:Pay me, Oh pay me, Pay me my money down. Pay me or go to jail, Pay me my money down.

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Written by: [traditional]MusicBrainz
First released: 2006-04-24MusicBrainz

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