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Thread #34501 Message #466093
Posted By: Pene Azul
19-May-01 - 02:31 AM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: Waiting For The Robert E. Lee
Subject: Lyr Add: WAITING FOR THE ROBERT E. LEE
Waiting For The Robert E. Lee (Words by L. Wolfe Gilbert. Music by Lewis F. Muir)
Way down on the levy in old Alabamy There's Daddy and Mammy There's Ephraim and Sammy On a moonlight night you can find them all While they are waiting, The banjos are syncopatin'
What's that they're sayin'? What's that they're sayin'? While they keep playin' A - hummin' and swayin' It's the good ship Robert E. Lee that's come to carry the cotton away!
Watch them shuff-lin' along, See them shuff-lin' along! Go take your best gal, real pal Go down to the levy, I said to the levy, And join that shuff-lin' throng Hear that music and song! It's simply great, mate, waitin' on the levy Waitin' for the Robert E. Lee!
The whistles are blowin', the smokestacks are showin' The ropes they are throwin', excuse me I'm goin' To the place where all is harmonious Even the preacher, he is the dancin' teacher!
Have you been down there? Were you around there? If you ever go there you'll always be found there, Why, dog-gone, here comes my baby On the good old Robert E. Lee!
Watch them shuff-lin' along, See them shuff-lin' along Go take your best gal, real pal Go down to the levy, I said to the levy, And join that shuff-lin' throng Hear that music and song! It's simply great, mate, waitin' on the levy Waitin' for the Robert E. Lee!