Waiting For The Robert E. Lee
Way down on the levee in old AlabamyThere's daddy and mammy, there's Efran and SammyOn a moonlight night you can find them allWhile they are waiting the banjos are syncopatingWhat's that they're saying, what's that they're sayingWell while they keep playing I'm humming and swayingIt's the good ship Robert E. Lee that's come to carry the cotton away
Watch them shuffle alongSee them shuffle alongOh take your best gal real pal go down to the leveeI said the leveeJoin the shuffling throngHear the music and songIt's simply great mate waiting on the leveeWaiting for the Robert E. Lee
Whistles are blowing smokestacks are showingThe ropes they are throwing, excuse me I'm goingTo the place where all is harmoniousEven the preacher they say is the dancing teacherHave you been down there say were you around thereIf you ever go there you'll always be found thereWhy doggone here comes my baby on the good ship Robert E. Lee
Watch them shuffle alongSee them shuffle alongOh take your best gal your real pal go down to the leveeI said the leveeJoin the shuffling throngHear the music and songIt's simply great mate waiting on the leveeWaiting for the Robert E. Lee