[Fiji Hill]

The hit version:

Waiting for the Robert E. Lee--Byron Harlan and Arthur Collins (1912)

[Dr. Sivana]

Waiting for the Robert E. Lee--Byron Harlan and Arthur Collins (1912)

When I played that version, the voices sounded familiar. Sure enough, they are the same ones responsible for "WHEN THAT MIDNIGHT CHOO CHOO LEAVES FOR ALABAM" in the same year. Back in 3rd grade, my teacher brougth in her cylinder player and played that song. It made an indelible memory revived decades later thanks to YouTube.

Both songs have Alabama as a theme. The performers used blackface. I don't know what would happen to dear old Mrs. Skubby if she tried laying that today.