"Waiting for the Robert E. Lee" is an American popular song written in 1912, with music by Lewis F. Muir and lyrics by L. Wolfe Gilbert.

[1] Popular versions in 1912 were by the Heidelberg Quintet, Arthur Collins & Byron Harlan, and by Dolly Connolly.

[2] It has since been recorded by such artists as Al Jolson, Benny Goodman, Wayne Newton, Tennessee Ernie Ford, Louis Jordan, Dean Martin, Russ Conway, Chas and Dave, Neil Diamond, and Lizzie Miles.

[3] It was performed by Judy Garland and, in blackface, Mickey Rooney in the 1941 MGM musical film Babes on Broadway.

"[5] The tune has been used with other words, such as the French song "J'Ai Envie De Chanter" (not a translation), with a new lyric by Eddy Marnay, first performed by Mireille Mathieu.