Waitin’ for the Robert E. Lee

~ Song

Relationships

lyricist:L. Wolfe Gilbert
composer:Lewis F. Muir
SecondHandSongs:https://secondhandsongs.com/work/122137 [info]
Wikidata:Q16910795 [info]
referred to in medleys:A Salute to Jolson Medley: Salute to Jolson / Toot Toot Tootsie / California Here I Come / Baby Face / Salute to Jolson / Swanee / I’m Looking Over a Four Leaf Clover / Let Me Sing a Funny Song / Salute to Jolson / I’m Waiting for the Robert E. Lee / Salute to Jolson / Mammy / Salute to Jolson (order: 10)
Medley: Give It to the Girl Next Door / Too Fat Polka / Cinderella / Rolling Round the World / Good Ol’ Boys / Ask Old Brown to Tea / Chinese Laundry Blues / Margie / Big Fat Fly / Not Me / Hair Hair Hair / Little Bit of Cucumber / Where Did You Get That Hat? / The Ferry Boat Inn / The Beer Barrel Polka / Down the Road / Baby Face / Who Were You With Last Night? / Somebody Stole My Gal / Fall in and Follow Me / Swanee / Are You From Dixie? / Waiting for the Robert E Lee / Good Ol’ Boys / Hopping Down in Kent / Aunt Tilly / Two Ol’ Girls From Camden Town / When There Isn’t a Girl About / Give It to the Girl Next Door (order: 23)
later versions:J'ai envie de chanter

Recordings

DateTitleAttributesArtistLength
recordings
1912-08-06Waiting for the Robert E. LeeinstrumentalGuido Deiro?:??
1940-04-29Waitin' for the Robert E. LeeLouis Jordan and His Tympany Five2:34
1940-04-29Waitin’ for the Robert E. LeeLouis Jordan and His Tympany Five2:34
1958-12-08Waiting for the Robert E. Lee (stereo)coverWilbur De Paris And His New New Orleans Jazz?:??
1963Waiting For The Robert E. LeecoverKathy Kirby?:??
A Ragtime Medleyinstrumental and medleyThe Victory Band2:49
Al Jolson Medley: Waiting for the Robert E. Lee / Carolina in the Morning / Pretty Baby / Toot Toot Tootsie Goo’bye / I’m Sitting on Top of the World / I’m Looking Over a Four Leaf Clover / Chinatown My Chinatown / Baby Face / California Here I Come / Avaloninstrumental and medley[mechanical instruments]6:53
Lily of Laguna / Put Your Arms Around Me, Honey / Roamin’ in the Gloamin’ / Waiting for the Robert E. Leeinstrumental and medleyReginald Dixon?:??
Medley: Robert E Lee / I Was Kaiser Bill’s Batman / California Here I Come / Ma He’s Making Eyes at Meinstrumental and medleyDelta Accordion Band3:42
Waitin' for the Robert E. LeeUptown Lowdown Jazz Band4:15
Waitin’ for the Robert E. LeeLouis Jordan and His Tympany Five2:34
Waitin’ for the Robert E. LeecoverTennessee Ernie Ford2:20
Waitin’ for the Robert E. LeecoverTennessee Ernie Ford?:??
Waitin’ for the Robert E. LeecoverTennessee Ernie Ford2:20
Waiting for Robert E LeecoverTennessee Ernie Ford1:37
Waiting for the Robert E. Leecover and instrumentalJohnny Maddox3:03
Waiting for the Robert E. Lee (mono)Louis Jordan and his Tympany Five2:25
Waiting for the Robert E. LeecoverDean Martin2:20
Waiting for the Robert E. LeeEddie Cantor2:45
Waiting for the Robert E. LeecoverDean Martin2:19
Waiting for the Robert E. LeeliveGuy Lombardo2:34
Waiting for the Robert E. LeecoverTennessee Ernie Ford?:??
Waiting for the Robert E.LeecoverTennessee Ernie Ford2:21