Lowland - Odetta

Lowlands, lowlands away my John

My old mother wrote to me

My dollar and a half a day

She told a me to come home from sea

Lowlands, lowlands away my John

Five dollars a day is white man’s pay

My dollar and a half a day

Dollar and a half is black man’s pay

Lowlands, lowlands away my John

I had a dream the other night

My dollar and a half a day

I dreamed I was coming home from sea

Lowlands, lowlands away my John

My old mother wrote to me

My dollar and a half a day

She told a me to come home from sea