When darkness falls those voices beckon me
Back to the place where I long to be

Way down on the levee in old Alabamy
There's Daddy and Mammy, there's Ephraim and Sammy
On a moonlight (on a moonlight) 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'
Oh while they keep playin', they're hummin' and swayin'
It's the good (it's the good ship) ship Robert E. Lee
That's come to carry the cotton away

(They) watch them shufflin' along (watch them shufflin')
See them shufflin' along
Go take your best gal, real pal
Go down to the levee, I said to the levee

And then join that shufflin' throng (join that happy throng)
Hear that music and song
It's simply great, mate, waitin' on the levee
Waitin' for the Robert E. Lee
Waiting' patiently down on the levee

Just watch them shufflin' along
Down there where I belong
I hear my soul (soul) cry, heart sigh
To be on the levee (I said to the levee)

And then join that shufflin' throng (join that happy throng)
I want to be there shufflin' along
It's simply great, hey, waiting on the levee
Waiting for the Robert E Lee
On that moonlight night you can find them all
Such a wonderous sight
(On) on the levee tonight
Oh on the levee
Oh Alabamy
Watching that good ship
Steam on the river tonight

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