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Waiting For The Robert E. Lee

Words by L. Wolfe Gilbert, Music by Lewis F. Muir - 1912

Verse:-----------	------------------	------------------	------------------
C	-	-	-
F	-	-	-
C	E7	F	C
D7	-	G7	-
C	-	-	-
F	-	-	-
C	E7	F	C
D7	G7	C	C7
Chorus:---------	------------------	------------------	------------------
F	-	-	-               Fdim
C7	-	-	-               Cdim
C7	-	-	-
F	-                 Caug	F	-            C7
F	-	-	-               Fdim
C7	-	-	-               Cdim
C7	-	-	-
-	-                 Caug	F	- (F F#7 G7 repeat all)

8-beat intro. Play 4-beats for each cell, reading from left to right.

Note: This song is in two keys.  The verse is in C, the chorus is in F.

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Verse:

'Way down on the lev -ee, In old Al -a -bam -y,

There's dad -dy and mam -my, There's E -phra'm and Sam -my;

On a moon -light night you can find them all;

While they are wait -in', The ban -jos are syn -co -pat -in';

What's that they're say -in'? Oh, what's that they're say -in'?

The while they keep play -in', I'm hum -min' and sway -in';

It's the good ship Rob -ert E. Lee

That's come to car -ry the cot -ton a -way.

 

Chorus:

Watch them shuff -lin' a -long;

See them shuff -lin' a -long

Go take your best gal, real pal,

Go down to the lev -ee, I said to the lev -ee!

And then join that shuff -lin' throng;

Hear that mu -sic and song;

It's sim -ply great, mate, wait -in' on the lev -ee,

Wait -In' For The Rob -ert E. Lee!

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Listen to Jim and the WineLand Banjo Band Play "Robert E. Lee" (Youtube)

Arranged by Jim Bottorff

 

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