Classic Poem

Lowlands, lowlands, away, my John. Five dollars a day is a
stevedore's pay; Five dollars and a half a day. 1. A
dollar a day is a nigger's pay. Lowlands, lowlands,
away, my John. I thought I heard our
old man say, Five dollars and a half a day, 2. That

2 That he would give us grog today,
Lowlands, my Lowlands, away my John,
When we are leaving Mobile Bay.
My dollar and a half a day.