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, what's that they're saying   Well 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 shuffle along   See them shuffle along   Oh take your best gal real pal go down to the levee   I said the levee   Join the shuffling throng   Hear the music and song   It's simply great mate waiting on the levee   Waiting for the Robert E. Lee.      Whistles are blowing smokestacks are showing   The ropes they are throwing, excuse me I'm going   To the place where all is harmonious   Even the preacher they say is the dancing teacher   Have you been down there say were you around there   If you ever go there you'll always be found there   Why doggone here comes my baby on the good ship Robert E. Lee.      Watch them shuffle along   See them shuffle along   Oh take your best gal your real pal go down to the levee   I said the levee   Join the shuffling throng   Hear the music and song   It's simply great mate waiting on the levee   Waiting for the Robert E. Lee...