I dreamed a dream the other night
Ch: Lowlands, Low-lands, hurrah, my John
I dreamed a dream the other night
Ch: My Lowlands, away!
I dreamt I saw my own true love,
I dreamt I saw my own true love.
He was green and wet with weeds so cold,
He was green and wet with weeds so cold.
"I am drowned in the Lowland seas," he said,
"I am drowned in the Lowland seas," he said.
"I shall never kiss you again," he said,
"I shall never kiss you again," he said.
I will cut my breasts until they bleed,
I will cut my breasts until they bleed.
I will cut away my bonny hair,
I will cut away my bonny hair.
No other man shall think me fair,
No other man shall think me fair.
O my love lies drowned in the windy Lowlands,
O my love lies drowned in the windy Lowlands.
We're bound away to Mobile Bay
Ch: My dollar and a half a day
Oh was you ever in Mobile Bay
Ch: Lowlands, lowlands, a-way, my John
A-screwing cotton by the day
Ch: My dollar and a half a day
A dollar and a half is a black man's pay,
A dollar a day is a white man's pay
The white man's pay is rather high
The black man's pay is rather low.
Oh my mother she wrote to me,
She wrote to me to come home from sea.