Sailin' On The Robert E Lee 1931

Dr. Pitt-Payne in London UK - 29 Oct 2003

Porter!
Where's the Natchez steamer?
Is it the boat at that pier?
Porter!
Gonna take that steamer.
soon I'll be goin' from here.
My ticket's readin' one way, say!
This is a wonderful day:

Glory I'm sailin' on the Robert E. Lee.
Oh! boy, there's gonna be a big jubilee.
hear those paddles goin' round,
Oh! what music while I'm homeward bound,

Down on that levee all my troubles will end
I'll be in Heaven when we're makin' that bend,
Hurry! Hurry! I'm shoutin' with glee,
Sailin' on the Robert E. Lee.

Glory I'm sailin' on the Robert E. Lee.
Oh! boy, there's gonna be a big jubilee.
hear those paddles goin' round,
Oh! what music while I'm homeward bound,
I just can't wait
until they say "All Ashore!"
I'll never leave my Mississippi no more.

Whistle! Whistle! Just tell 'em it's me,
Sailin' on the Robert E. Lee.

Oh! Captain, hear my pray'r
keep her puffin' all her might
till I see those fields of white,
Oh! Lawdy, way up there
You can do such wondrous things,
Gimme, gimme wings. Oh!

Glory I'm sailin' on the Robert E. Lee.
Oh! boy, there's gonna be a big jubilee.
hear those paddles goin' round,
Oh! what music while I'm homeward bound,
I just can't wait
until they say "All Ashore!"
I'll never leave my Mississippi no more.

Whistle! Whistle! Just tell 'em it's me,
Sailin' on the Robert E. Lee.

Oh! boy
How my friends will greet me
down on that old Dixie shore.
Oh! boy
when my mammy meets me
I'll see the sun shine once more.
Never no more will I roam, say!
I'm headin' straight toward my home:

Glory I'm sailin' on the Robert E. Lee.
Oh! boy, there's gonna be a big jubilee.
hear those paddles goin' round,
Oh! what music while I'm homeward bound,

Down on that levee all my troubles will end
I'll be in Heaven when we're makin' that bend,
Hurry! Hurry! I'm shoutin' with glee,
Sailin' on the Robert E. Lee.

Glory I'm sailin' on the Robert E. Lee.
Oh! boy, there's gonna be a big jubilee.
hear those paddles goin' round,
Oh! what music while I'm homeward bound,
I just can't wait
until they say "All Ashore!"
I'll never leave my Mississippi no more.

Whistle! Whistle! Just tell 'em it's me,
Sailin' on the Robert E. Lee.

Oh! Captain, hear my pray'r
keep her puffin' all her might
till I see those fields of white,
Oh! Lawdy, way up there
You can do such wondrous things,
Gimme, gimme wings. Oh!

Glory I'm sailin' on the Robert E. Lee.
Oh! boy, there's gonna be a big jubilee.
hear those paddles goin' round,
Oh! what music while I'm homeward bound,
I just can't wait
until they say "All Ashore!"
I'll never leave my Mississippi no more.

Whistle! Whistle! Just tell 'em it's me,
Sailin' on the Robert E. Lee.

Soft karaoke
Words
piano 1
piano 2
piano 3
piano 4
lyric
pizz str bass
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Sailin' On The Robert E Lee 1931
by Eugene West, James McCaffrey and Dave Ringle
copyright MCMXXXI by Shapiro, Bernstein and Co.Inc.  N.Y.
sequence and karaoke by James Pitt-Payne, London UK
on Wednesday 29 October 2003 at08.20
in association with Doug Grierson
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