Oops, I obviously didnt read Q's post very closely, where he quotes something about the TWO chanteys versions that were sources (including the Piggott one). So hey, here's the lyrics on that one:

Sung by John Perring, 1908. Called a capstan chantey.

(1)Five dollars a day is a white man's pay
Way....
Five dollars a day is a white man's pay
My dollar and a 'alf a day

(2) But a dollar and a half is a nigger's pay

(3) The nigger works both day and night

(4) But the white man, he works but a day

As also noted in the article, these sort of verses were also common in the chantey "Roll the Cotton Down."

The other version of "Lowlands" in this article is a quotation from another source. It is marked "windlass chanty, 1862" and "American chanty." It is vague, but it seems to have been culled by some article in YACHTING MONTHLY.

Lowlands, Lowlands, away, my John
O my old mother she wrote to me
My dollar and a half a day
She wrote to me to come back from sea.

Reference is also made Alden's article in HARPER'S (1882), and its lyrics quoted:

I dreamt a dream the other night.
Lowlands, Lowlands,Hurrah, my John.
I dreamt I saw my own true love.
My Lowlands aray (SIC).

Quoting from Alden's orginal article, he says also:

Much care was evidently given to "Low-
lands" by the shanty-men. It has often
been improved. In its original form the
first chorus was shorter and less striking,
and the words of the second chorus were,
"My dollar and a half a day." It is to
be regretted that no true idea can be given
on paper of the wonderful shading which
shanty-men of real genius sometimes gave
to this song by their subtle and delicate
variations of time and expression.

LA Smith's (1888) version is plagiarized from Alden.

So it looks like the Baez version quoted by Claire ended up using all the verses in this article!

Gibb