Lyrics Waiting for the Robert E. Lee (Live) - Al Jolson

Tonight
I'm gonna sing a song that was written by Wolfe Gilbert and Lewis Muir
Their names are known by few
But this little song will live forever
I know you'll remember it when you hear it
Okay lads, let's have it

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 syncopating
What's that they're saying?
What's that they're saying
While they keep playing

A swinging and swaying?
It's the good ship Robert E. Lee
That's come to tote the cotton away

Watch them shuffling along
See them shuffling along
Go take your best gal, your real pal
Go down to the levy, I said the levy
Join that shuffling throng
Hear that music and song
It's simply great, mate, waiting on the levy
Waiting for the Robert E. Lee

Watch them shuffling along
See them shuffling along
Go take your best, your gal, your real, your pal
Go down to the levy, I said the levy
Join that shuffling throng
Hear that music and song
It's simply great, mate, waiting on the levy
Waiting for the Robert E. Lee