Sung for Carpenter in 1929 by William Fender of Barry, South Wales:
Not much, but the real stuff:

                           LOWLANDS

                I thought I heard our old man say,
                   Lowlands, Lowlands, awaay my John!
                I thougtht I heard our old man say,
                   My dollar and a half a day!

                A dollar a day is a poor man's pay,
                   Lowlands, Lowlands, awaay my John!
                A dollar a day is a poor man's pay,
                   My dollar and a half a day!

                So shake her up from down below,
                   Lowlands, Lowlands, awaay my John!
                So shake her up from down below,
                   My dollar and a half a day!

Like Fender, many of Carpenter's shantymen used the one-line of solo per stanza method of singing. This would allow more time before the singer had to improvise, and made improvisation easier since one-line solos like those above don't have to rhyme. Fine for doing work, not so good for entertaining 21st century audiences!