Lyrics:
First verse
Way down on the levee in old Alabamy There's daddy and mammy there's Ephriam and Sammy, On a moon light night you can find them all, While they are waitin' the banjos are syncopatin'. What's that they're saying'? What's that they're sayin'? While they keep playin' hummin' and swayin' It's the good ship Robert E. Lee that's come To carry the cotton away.
Chorus
Watch them shufflin' along See them shufflin' along Go take your best gal real pal, Go down to the levee, I said to the levee and Join that shufflin' throng, Hear that music and song. It's simply great, mate, Waitin' on the levee, Waitin' for the Robert E. Lee. Watch them shufflin' along See them shufflin' along Go take your best gal real pal, Go down to the levee, I said to the levee and Join that shufflin' throng, Hear that music and song. It's simply great, mate, Waitin' on the levee, Waitin' for the Robert E. Lee.
Second verse
The whistles are blowin’ the smokestacks are showin’ The ropes they are thowin’ excuse me, I’m goin’ To the place where all is harmonious, Even the preacher, he is the dancing teacher. Have you been down there? Were you around there? If you ever go there you’ll always be found there, Why do gone, here comes my baby On the good old Robert E Lee.
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