Collins and Harlan sing "Waiting For The Robert E Lee" on Edison Amberol 1144. <br /><br />Words are by L. Wolfe Gilbert (Louis Wolfe Gilbert--he lived from 1886 to 1970). <br /><br />Music is by Lewis F. Muir (1884-1950). <br /><br />Way down on the levee in old Alabamy, <br />There's daddy and mammy--there's Efran and Sammy. <br />On a moonlight night you can find them all. <br />While they are waiting, the banjos are syncopating. <br /><br />What's that they're saying? Oh, they're all a-praying <br />While they keep playing I'm humming and swaying. <br />It's the good ship Robert E. Lee that's come to carry the cotton away. <br /><br />Watch them shuffle along. <br />See them shuffling along. <br />Go take your best gal (you mean your real pal?)--go down to the levee. <br />Did you say the levee? <br />Yes, join that shuffling throng. <br />Hear that music and song. <br />It's simply great, mate, waiting on the levee, <br />Waiting for the Robert E. Lee. <br /><br />The whistles am blowing--the smokestacks are showing. <br />The ropes they are throwing. Excuse me--I'm going! <br />To the place where all is harmonious. <br />Even the preacher--he is the dancing teacher. <br />Have you been down there? Never was around there. <br /><br />If you ever go there, you'll never leave there. <br />Why, doggone, here comes my baby on the good old Robert E. Lee. <br /><br />Watch them shuffle along. <br />See them shuffling along. <br />Go take your best gal (you mean your real pal?)--go down to the levee. <br />I said the levee. <br />Join the shuffling throng. <br />Hear the music and song. <br /><br />It's simply great, mate, waiting on the levee, <br />Waiting for the Robert E. Lee.
