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Waitin' for the Robert E. Lee
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Al Jolson
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Way down on the levy in old Alabamy
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There's Daddy and Mammy
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There's Ephraim and Sammy
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On a moonlight night you can find them all
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While they are waiting,
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The banjos are syncopating
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What's that they're saying?
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What's that they're saying?
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While they keep playing
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A - humming and swaying
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It's the good ship Robert E. Lee
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That's come to carry the cotton away!
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Watch them shuffling along,
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See them shuffling along!
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Go take your best gal, real pal
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Go down to the levy, I said to the levy,
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And join that shuffling throng
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Hear that music and song!
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It's simply great, mate, waiting on the levy
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Waiting for the Robert E. Lee!
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The whistles are blowing, the smokestacks are showing
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The ropes they are throwing, excuse me I'm going
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To the place where all is harmonious
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Even the preacher, he is the dancing teacher!
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Have you been down there?
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Were you around there?
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If you ever go there you'll always be found there,
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Why, dog-gone, here comes my baby
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On the good old Robert E. Lee!
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Watch them shuffling along,
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See them shuffling along
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Go take your best gal, real pal
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Go down to the levy, I said to the levy,
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And join that shuffling throng
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Hear that music and song!
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It's simply great, mate, waiting on the levy
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Waiting for the Robert E. Lee!
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