WAITING FOR THE ROBERT E. LEE by L. Wolfe Gilbert 1912
WAITING FOR THE ROBERT E. LEE (Al Jolson's Big Hit in the Winter Garden). Words by L. WOLFE GILBERT, Music by LEWIS F. MUIR, F. A. Mills, New York, 1912.
Sheet Music - Large Format
American popular song
Vintage from the 1910s
"Waiting for the Robert E. Lee" is an American popular song written in 1912. The "Robert E. Lee" in the title refers to the steamboat of that name. Robert E. Lee, nicknamed the "Monarch of the Mississippi," was a steamboat built in New Albany, Indiana, in 1866.
The song has since been recorded by such artists as Al Jolson, Benny Goodman, Judy Garland, Tennessee Ernie Ford, Louis Jordan, Dean Martin, Russ Conway, Chas and Dave, Neil Diamond, and Lizzie Miles.
Spine cover cleanly split two-thirds the way up. Nice cover with mild wear and some light creases.