Lewis F. Muir (1884-1950)
Last updated: 27.04.22
Lewis Muir was a pianist and composer of popular music with a number of ragtime titles. He is said to have performed in St Louis (1904), New York (1910) as well as in London. His Waiting for the Robert E. Lee (1912), of which there are both vocal and instrumental versions, is much recorded. Also of particular ragtime interest is his Chilly Billy Bee Rag (1910).
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Bushel O' Kisses - Song, A | Indestructible Record: 1236 | Edward M. Favor |
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Bushel O' Kisses, A | Edison Standard Record: 10308 | Edison Concert Band |
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Camp Meeting Band | Edison Blue Amberol: 2268 | Arthur Collins Byron George Harlan |
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Hitchy Koo | Arthur Collins Byron George Harlan |
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Mammy Jinny's Jubilee | Arthur Collins Byron George Harlan |
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Play That Barber Shop Chord | Ed Morton | |
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Play That Barber Shop Chord | Edward Meeker | |
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Ragtime Cowboy Joe | Bob Roberts | |
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Take Me to That Swanee Shore | Edison's National Phonograph Company | Arthur Collins Byron George Harlan |
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Waiting For the Robert E. Lee - Song | ndestructible Record: 3275 | Arthur Collins |
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Waiting For the Robert E. Lee - Song | Edison Blue Amberol: 1897 | Arthur Collins Byron George Harlan |
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We've Got a Parrot in Our House | Edison Blue Amberol: 1938 | Arthur Collins Byron George Harlan |
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Chilly Billy Bee Rag (1910) | Midi | James Pitt-Payne |
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Here Comes My Daddy, Now! (1912) | Midi | James Pitt-Payne |
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I Had a Gal, I Had a Pal (1914) | Midi | James Pitt-Payne |
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⇑Little Rag Baby Doll (1913) | Midi | James Pitt-Payne |
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Daisy Taylor | Popsy Wopsy | |
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Turk Murphy | Turk Murphy's Jazz Band Favorites | CD(s) & MP3 Album(s)        |
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Various Artists | From Ragtime to Jazz Vol. 4: 1896-1922 | CD(s) & MP3 Album(s) |
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Various Artists | Player Piano Memories | CD(s) & MP3 Album(s) |
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Various Artists | Spirit of Ragtime | |
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Claude Bolling | Original Ragtime | CD(s) & MP3 Album(s) |
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Claude Bolling | Original Ragtime/Original Boogie Woogie/Original Piano Blues | CD(s) & MP3 Album(s) |
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Robert R. Darch | Reunion in Ragtime | |
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Elite Syncopators | Ragtime Special | |
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Big Tiny Little | Best of Honky Tonky Piano Vol. 1 | |
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⇑Paragon Ragtime Orchestra | Knockout Drops | CD(s) & MP3 Album(s) |
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Heidelberg Quintet | Floating Down the River | |
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Eubie Blake | Golden Reunion in Ragtime | |
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Eubie Blake | That's Ragtime! | |
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Richard Zimmerman | Ragtime Favorites - Richard Zimmerman | |
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St. Louis Ragtimers | The St. Louis Ragtimers: Volume 1 | |
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St. Louis Ragtimers | The St. Louis Ragtimers: Volume 2 | |
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St. Louis Ragtimers | The St. Louis Ragtimers: Volume 4 | |
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Terry Waldo | Kinky and Sweet | |
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Sue Keller | Kellerized | |
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Jo Ann Castle | The Best of Jo Ann Castle | CD(s) & MP3 Album(s) |
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⇑Jo Ann Castle | Jo Anne Castle - 22 Greatest Ragtime Hits: Vol. 2 | CD(s) & MP3 Album(s) |
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Knuckles O'Toole | Knuckles O'Toole: Plays The Greatest All-Time Ragtime Hits | |
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Johnny Maddox | Back Home in Tennessee | CD(s) & MP3 Album(s) |
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Johnny Maddox | Cowboys & Indians | CD(s) & MP3 Album(s) |
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Bill Edwards | Perfessor Bill Sings Volume 1 |
| Title | Attribution | Remarks |
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Waiting For the Robert E. Lee - Song | Lewis F. Muir (music) L. Wolfe Gilbert (words) Fanny Brice (perf.) |
| Title | Attribution | Instruments | Source | Remarks |
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Bushel O' Kisses - Song, A | L.F. Muir (music) Matt Connes (coauth.) A.B. Sterling (words) |
Piano, Voice | Kirk | |
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Buy a Bale of Cotton For Me (1914) | L.F. Muir (music) L. Wolfe Gilbert (words) Carrie Reynolds (perf.) |
Piano, Voice | IMSLP | |
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Camp Meeting Band | L.F. Muir (music) L.F. Muir (words) Beatrice (perf.) |
Piano, Voice | Greer | Pub. |
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Chilly Billy Bee Rag (1910) | L.F. Muir (music) | Piano | IMSLP | |
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He Wants Someone to Call Him Papa (1913) | L.F. Muir (music) Bessie Wynn (perf.) The Cornells (perf.) |
Piano | IMSLP | Pub. |
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I Had a Gal, I Had a Pal | L.F. Muir (music) L. Wolfe Gilbert (words) Elisabeth M. Murray (perf.) |
Piano, Voice | Kirk | Pub. |
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Mammy Jinny's Jubilee (1913) | L.F. Muir (music) L. Wolfe Gilbert (words) Emma Carus (perf.) |
Piano, Voice | IMSLP | Pub. |
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Mootching Along (1914) | L.F. Muir (music) | Piano | IMSLP | |
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Play That Barber Shop Chord (1910) | L.F. Muir (music) W. Tracey (words) B.A. Williams (perf.) |
Piano, Voice | IMSLP | Pub. |
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Ragging the Baby to Sleep (1912) | L.F. Muir (music) L. Wolfe Gilbert (words) Frank Elling (perf.) |
Piano, Voice | IMSLP | Pub. |
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Take Me to That Swanee Shore (1912) | L.F. Muir (music) L. Wolfe Gilbert (words) |
Piano, Voice | IMSLP | Pub. |
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Waiting For the Robert E. Lee - Song (1912) | L.F. Muir (music) L. Wolfe Gilbert (words) A. Jolson (perf.) Robert Golden (perf.) |
Piano, Voice | IMSLP | Pub. |
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⇑When My Marie Sings Chilly-Billy-Bee (1910) | L.F. Muir (music) Eddie Moran (words) |
Piano, Voice | IMSLP | Pub. |
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When Ragtime Rosie Ragged the Rosary | L.F. Muir (music) E. Leslie (words) |
Piano, Voice | Kirk | Pub. |
This list is arranged in chronological order and contains 42 works by Lewis F. Muir (1884-1950).
It does not claim to be complete and represents only the number of items located. Keys: ER
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| Title | Year | Attribution | Remarks |
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| Bushel O' Kisses - Song, A | 1909 | Matt Connes (co-author) Andrew B. Sterling (words) Edward M. Favor (perf.) |
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| Bushel O' Kisses, A | 1909 | Matt Connes (co-author) Edison Concert Band (perf.) |
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| Mexatexa | 1909 |  |
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| Play That Fandango Rag | 1909 | E. Ray Goetz (words) | Pub. |
| Chilly Billy Bee Rag | 1910 | |
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| Oh You Bear Cat Rag | 1910 | Frederick Watson (co-author) William Tracey (words) |
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| Play That Barber Shop Chord | 1910 | William Tracey (words) B.A. Williams (perf.) Ed Morton (perf.) Edward Meeker (perf.) |
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| When My Marie Sings Chilly-Billy-Bee | 1910 | Eddie Moran (words) | Pub. |
| Matrimony Rag, The | 1911 | Edgar Leslie (words) | |
| Texas Tommy's dance | 1911 | Edgar Lewis (words) | Pub. |
| When Ragtime Rosie Ragged the Rosary | 1911 | Edgar Leslie (words) | Pub. |
| ⇑ Buck Dance Bill | 1912 | Edgar Lewis (co-author) Maurice Abrahams (co-author) |
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| Dancing Dan the Ragtime Battling Man | 1912 | ||
| Here Comes My Daddy, Now! | 1912 | Lewis F. Muir (words) Charles S, Bartholom (perf.) |
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| Hitchy Koo | 1912 | Maurice Abrahams (co-author) L. Wolfe Gilbert (words) H. Lewis (perf.) Arthur Collins (perf.) Byron George Harlan (perf.) |
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| I Want to Go Home | 1912 | L. Wolfe Gilbert (words) | Pub. |
| Title | Year | Attribution | Remarks |
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| Let's Go To Savanah G. A. (w&m) | 1912 | L. Wolfe Gibert (co-author) Maurice Abrahams (co-author) |
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| Oh, That Strain | 1912 | Cila Le Vay (perf.) | |
| Ragging the Baby to Sleep | 1912 | L. Wolfe Gilbert (words) Frank Elling (perf.) |
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| Ragtime Cowboy Joe | 1912 | Maurice Abrahams (co-author) Grant Clarke (words) Bob Roberts (perf.) |
Pub. |
| Take Me to That Swanee Shore | 1912 | L. Wolfe Gilbert (words) A. Jolson (perf.) George Austin Moore (perf.) Gertrude Hoffman (perf.) Arthur Collins (perf.) Byron George Harlan (perf.) |
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| Waiting For the Robert E. Lee | 1912 | Pub. |
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| Waiting For the Robert E. Lee - Song | 1912 | L. Wolfe Gilbert (words) A. Jolson (perf.) Robert Golden (perf.) Fanny Brice (perf.) Judy Garland (perf.) Arthur Collins (perf.) Byron George Harlan (perf.) |
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| At the Yiddish Cabaret | 1913 | L. Wolfe Gilbert (words) A. Jolson (perf.) |
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| He Wants Someone to Call Him Papa | 1913 | Bessie Wynn (perf.) The Cornells (perf.) |
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| Heavy on the Catsup | 1913 | Pub. |
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| How's Your Little Maltese Cat | 1913 | L. Wolfe Gilbert (words) | Pub. |
| ⇑ I've Been Through the Mill | 1913 | L. Wolfe Gilbert (words) | Pub. |
| In the Heart of the Kentucky Hills | 1913 | Pub. | |
| Little Rag Baby Doll | 1913 | L. Wolfe Gilbert (words) | Pub. |
| Mammy Jinny's Jubilee | 1913 | L. Wolfe Gilbert (words) Emma Carus (perf.) Beard (perf.) Arthur Collins (perf.) Byron George Harlan (perf.) |
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| Oh What a Night | 1913 | Pub. |
| Title | Year | Attribution | Remarks |
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| We've Got a Parrot in Our House | 1913 | Arthur Collins (perf.) Byron George Harlan (perf.) |
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| You Did, You Know You Did | 1913 | L. Wolfe Gilbert (words) Floryane (perf.) |
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| Buy a Bale of Cotton For Me | 1914 | L. Wolfe Gilbert (words) Carrie Reynolds (perf.) Will Oakland (perf.) |
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| By the Zuyder Zee | 1914 | Jack Wells (co-author) Alfred Bryan (words) |
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| Camp Meeting Band | 1914 | Lewis F Muir (words) E. Cantor (perf.) Beatrice (perf.) Arthur Collins (perf.) Byron George Harlan (perf.) |
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| I Had a Gal, I Had a Pal | 1914 | L. Wolfe Gilbert (words) Elizabeth M. Murray (perf.) Carrie Reynolds (perf.) |
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| Mootching Along | 1914 | ||
| We've Been Married Just One Year (w&m) | 1914 | Daisy Taylor (perf.) Jack Charman (perf.) |
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| Hicki Hoy | 1915 | Stanley Murphy (words) | Pub. |
| If I Find Spanish Joe From Mexico Oh O-O-O Oh O-O-O! | 1915 |
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