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WAITING FOR THE ROBERT
E. LEE
Original
Sheet Music
Music by Lewis F. Muir
(Info)
Words by L. Wolfe Gilbert (Info)
1912
8-bar Intro
Verse 1
G+ C G+ C
G+ C G+ C
WAY DOWN ON THE LE-VEE IN OLD AL-A- BA-MY
C+ F C+
F C+
F C+ F
THERE'S DAD-DY AND MAM-MY, THERE'S EPH-R'AM AND SAM-MY
C E7 F
C
ON A MOON-LIGHT NIGHT YOU CAN FIND THEM ALL,
D7
G7
WHILE THEY ARE WAIT-IN' THE BAN-JOS ARE SYN-CO-PA-TIN'
G+
C G+ C
G+ C G+
C
WHAT'S
THAT THEY'RE SAY-IN'?, WHAT'S THAT THEY'RE SAY-IN'?
F C+
F C+ F
C+ F
WHILE THEY KEEP PLAY-IN', HUM-MIN' AND SWAY-IN',
C E7 F
C
IT'S THE GOOD SHIP ROB-ERT E. LEE,
D7 Dm7
G7 C C7
THAT COME TO CAR-RY THE COT-TON A-
WAY.
Verse 2
G+ C G+ C
G+ C
G+ C
THE WHIS-TLES ARE BLOW-IN' THE SMOKE-STACKS ARE SHOW-IN'
C+ F C+
F C+ F
C+ F
THE ROPES THEY ARE THROW-IN' EX-CUSE ME, I'M GO-IN'
C E7 F
C
TO THE PLACE WHERE ALL IS HAR-MO-NI-OUS,
D7
G7
EV-EN THE PREACH-ER, HE IS THE DANC-ING TEACH-ER.
C G+ C
G+ C G+ C
HAVE YOU BEEN DOWN THERE? WERE YOU A- ROUND THERE?
C+ F C+ F
C+ F C+ F
IF YOU EV-ER GO THERE, YOU'LL AL-WAYS BE FOUND THERE,
C E7 F
C
WHY, DOG GONE, HERE COMES MY BA-BY
D7 Dm7 G7 C
C7
ON THE GOOD OLD ROB-ERT E. LEE
Chorus
F
C7
WATCH THEM SHUFF-LIN' A-LONG, SEE THEM SHUF-FLIN' A-LONG
C7
C+ F C+ F
GO TAKE YOUR BEST GAL, REAL PAL; GO DOWN TO THE LEV-EE
C+
F C+ F
F
I
SAID TO THE LEV-EE, AND YOU'LL JOIN THAT SHUFF-LIN'THRONG,
C7
HEAR THAT MU-SIC AND SONG,
C7
IT'S SIM-PLY GREAT, MATE, WAIT-IN' ON THE LEV-EE,
C7
F
WAIT-IN' FOR THE ROB-ERT E. LEE