Kathy Kirby - Waiting For The Robert E. Lee

Way down on the levee in old Alabamy
There's daddy and mammy, there's Efran 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
Hey what's that they're saying
While they keep playing
I'm humming and swaying
It's the good ship Robert E. Lee
That's come to carry the cotton away Watch them shuffling along
See them shuffllng along
Oh take your best gal, real pal, go down to the levee
I said to the levee
And join that shuffling throng
Hear that music and song
It's simply great, mate, waiting on the levee
Waiting for the Robert E. Lee!

The whistles are blowing, the smokestacks are showing
The ropes are throwing, excuse me I'm going
To the place where all is harmonious
Even the preacher, he is the dancing teacher
Have you been down there or were you around there
If you ever go there you'll always be found there
Why doggone here comes my baby on the good ol' Robert E. Lee!

Oh watch them shuffling along
See them shuffling along
Go take your best gal, real pal, go down to the levee
I said to the levee
And join the shuffling throng
Hear that music and song
It's simply great mate waiting on the levee
Waiting for the Robert E. Lee!