Mike, thanks for identifying the specific source. I'll go ahead and give the details.

There's actually 3 versions of "Lowlands" in that article. One is collected by Grainger and H.E. Piggott, but, surprisingly, that does not appear to be the one his arrangement is based on. The one Grainger's piece corresponds to, as far as I can tell, was collected and sung by Charles Rosher and "noted" by Grainger, 1906. It's called a windlass chantey.

Note that I have not herd the whole piece, only a sample on iTunes, but that the sample exactly corresponds to the words and melody of this version. There is only one verse given:

A dollar and a half is a poor man's pay.
Lowlands, lowlands away, My John.
A dollar and a half, it won't clear my way.
My dollar and a half a day.

Since I haven't heard the rest of it, I don't know if it goes on to other verses, which may have been culled from other versions from the article. For what it's worth, I'm with Q in thinking this recording is pretty dull! Not to be rude, but I'm also not sure why one can't just listen to the song to get the lyrics, Doxy? ;)

This particular version of "Lowlands (dollar version)" is peculiar in that all other versions I've seen make racial references "black man's pay" /"nigger's pay" / "white man's pay." I wonder, idly, if Grainger sought to avoid that in his selection.

It may be notable that, though it is common in text collections, the "dollar and a half" version of "Lowlands" seems to be infrequently recorded by recent performers. The vast majority of performances nowadays follow the "I dreamed a dream" theme, as popularized e.g. through several recordings by Stan Hugill. Again I wonder if it may be the racial tone of the former that have influenced that (speculating only). At the risk of being tacky, here's a link to a quick recording I made of the "Dollar" form.

Gibb