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