1883        Dixon, Robert Brewer. _Fore and Aft: A Story of Actual Sea Life_. Boston: Lee and Shepard.

The way "Lowlands" is described here suggests that the author had read Alden and was using the chanty for effect.

The following morning, Sept. 18, all hands were called at daybreak; and the windlass was manned, and the anchor hove short, to "Lowlands," the wildest and most weird of all sailor-songs, led by the second mate.

The phrase in bold matches Alden's sentiment.