Down on the levee in old Alabammy
 Daddy and Mammy, Ephram and Sammy
 On a moon-lit night you can find 'em all
 While they are waitin, the banjo's are syncopatin
 What's that they're saying, What's that they're saying
 While they are playing, I'm humming and swaying
 It's the good ship Robert E Lee
 Come to sail the cotton away
 
 Now won't you see them shuffling along
 Now see them shuffling along
 Take your best gal, your real pal
 Go down on the levee, I said the levee
 Hear that music and song
 Now doin the shuffling song(?)
 It's simply great, mate, waiting on the levee
 Waiting for the Robert E Lee
 
 Wistles are blowing, the smokestacks are showing
 The ropes they are throwing, excuse me I'm going
 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
 Now a-dog gone, here comes my baby 
 On the good ship Robert E Lee