Lowlands Songtext
von Odetta

Lowlands, lowlands, away my John

My old mother wrote to me
My dollar and a half a day
She told 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 me to come home from sea