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Waiting for the Robert E. Lee

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Waiting For The Robert E. Lee is an American popular song composed in 1912 by Lewis F. Muir and L. Wolfe Gilbert. The title refers to the steamboat of that name.

It was sung by Al Jolson in the first Talkie, The Jazz Singer, in 1927.

It has also been recorded by Dean Martin, Russ Conway and Chas and Dave.