Verse 1: Way down on the levee in old Alabamy,
There's daddy and mammy, there's Ephriam and Sammy,
On a moon light night you can find them all,
While they are waitin' the banjos are syncopatin'
What's that they're sayin'? What's that they're sayin'?
While they keep playin' they're hummin' and swayin'.
It's the good ship Robert E. Lee that's come to carry the cotton away

Chorus: Watch them shufflin' along. See them shufflin' along.
Go take your best gal, real pal, go down to the levee, I said to the levee
And join that shufflin' throng, hear that music and song.
It's simply great, mate, waitin' on the levee, waitin' for the Robert E. Lee.

Verse 2: The whistles are blowin', the smoke stacks are showin',
The ropes they are throwin', excuse me, I'm goin'
To the place where all is harmonius.
Even the preacher, he is the dancing teacher.
Have you been down there? Were you around there?
If you ever go there you'll always be found there.
Why dog gone, here comes my baby on the good old Robert E. Lee.

Chorus: Watch them shufflin' along. See them shufflin' along.
Go take your best gal, real pal, go down to the levee, I said to the levee
And join that shufflin' throng, hear that music and song.
It's simply great, mate, waitin' on the levee, waitin' for the Robert E. Lee.

Chorus: Watch them shufflin' along. See them shufflin' along.
Go take your best gal, real pal, go down to the levee, I said to the levee
And join that shufflin' throng, hear that music and song.
It's simply great, mate, waitin' on the levee, waitin' on the levee,
Waitin' for the Robert E. Lee.