Lewis F. Muir (1884-1950)

Overview

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).

CDs

	Performer	CD Title	Supplier


Folk Music CDs:
Daisy Taylor	Popsy Wopsy
Jazz Music CDs:
Turk Murphy	Turk Murphy's Jazz Band Favorites	CD(s) & MP3 Album(s)
Ragtime Music CDs:
Various Artists	From Ragtime to Jazz Vol. 4: 1896-1922	CD(s) & MP3 Album(s)
Various Artists	Player Piano Memories	CD(s) & MP3 Album(s)
Various Artists	Spirit of Ragtime
Claude Bolling	Original Ragtime	CD(s) & MP3 Album(s)
Claude Bolling	Original Ragtime/Original Boogie Woogie/Original Piano Blues	CD(s) & MP3 Album(s)
Robert R. Darch	Reunion in Ragtime
Elite Syncopators	Ragtime Special
Big Tiny Little	Best of Honky Tonky Piano Vol. 1
⇑Paragon Ragtime Orchestra	Knockout Drops	CD(s) & MP3 Album(s)
Heidelberg Quintet	Floating Down the River
Eubie Blake	Golden Reunion in Ragtime
Eubie Blake	That's Ragtime!
Richard Zimmerman	Ragtime Favorites - Richard Zimmerman
St. Louis Ragtimers	The St. Louis Ragtimers: Volume 1
St. Louis Ragtimers	The St. Louis Ragtimers: Volume 2
St. Louis Ragtimers	The St. Louis Ragtimers: Volume 4
Terry Waldo	Kinky and Sweet
Sue Keller	Kellerized
Jo Ann Castle	The Best of Jo Ann Castle	CD(s) & MP3 Album(s)
⇑Jo Ann Castle	Jo Anne Castle - 22 Greatest Ragtime Hits: Vol. 2	CD(s) & MP3 Album(s)
Knuckles O'Toole	Knuckles O'Toole: Plays The Greatest All-Time Ragtime Hits
Johnny Maddox	Back Home in Tennessee	CD(s) & MP3 Album(s)
Johnny Maddox	Cowboys & Indians	CD(s) & MP3 Album(s)
Bill Edwards	Perfessor Bill Sings Volume 1

Monologues

	Title	Attribution	Remarks


	Waiting For the Robert E. Lee - Song	Lewis F. Muir (music) L. Wolfe Gilbert (words) Fanny Brice (perf.)

	Title	Performer	Comments


Bushel O' Kisses - Song, A	Edward M. Favor	Indestructible Record: 1236 at USCB
Bushel O' Kisses, A	Edison Concert Band	Edison Standard Record: 10308 at USCB
Camp Meeting Band	Arthur Collins Byron George Harlan	Edison Blue Amberol: 2268 at USCB
Hitchy Koo	Arthur Collins Byron George Harlan	at USCB
Mammy Jinny's Jubilee	Arthur Collins Byron George Harlan	at USCB
Play That Barber Shop Chord	Ed Morton	at USCB
Play That Barber Shop Chord	Edward Meeker	at USCB
Ragtime Cowboy Joe	Bob Roberts	at USCB
Take Me to That Swanee Shore	Arthur Collins Byron George Harlan	Edison's National Phonograph Company at USCB
Waiting For the Robert E. Lee - Song	Arthur Collins	ndestructible Record: 3275 at USCB
Waiting For the Robert E. Lee - Song	Arthur Collins Byron George Harlan	Edison Blue Amberol: 1897 at USCB
We've Got a Parrot in Our House	Arthur Collins Byron George Harlan	Edison Blue Amberol: 1938 at USCB

	Title	Instruments	Remarks


	Bushel O' Kisses, A	Piano, Voice
	Buy a Bale of Cotton For Me (1914)	Piano, Voice
	Camp Meeting Band	Piano, Voice
	Chilly Billy Bee Rag (1910)	Piano
	He Wants Someone to Call Him Papa (1913)	Piano
	I Had a Gal, I Had a Pal	Piano, Voice
	Mammy Jinny's Jubilee (1913)	Piano, Voice
	Mootching Along (1914)	Piano
	Play That Barber Shop Chord (1910)	Piano, Voice
	Ragging the Baby to Sleep (1912)	Piano, Voice
	Take Me to That Swanee Shore (1912)	Piano, Voice
	Waiting For the Robert E. Lee - Song (1912)	Piano, Voice
	When My Marie Sings Chilly-Billy-Bee (1910)	Piano, Voice
	When Ragtime Rosie Ragged the Rosary	Piano, Voice

Works

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

(w&m)

1909-1912

Title	Year	Attribution	Remarks


Bushel O' Kisses - Song, A	1909	Matt Connes (co-author) Andrew B. Sterling (words) Edward M. Favor (perf.)
Bushel O' Kisses, A	1909	Matt Connes (co-author) Edison Concert Band (perf.)
Mexatexa	1909
Play That Fandango Rag	1909	E. Ray Goetz (words)
Chilly Billy Bee Rag	1910
Oh You Bear Cat Rag	1910	Frederick Watson (co-author) William Tracey (words)
Play That Barber Shop Chord	1910	William Tracey (words) B.A. Williams (perf.) Ed Morton (perf.) Edward Meeker (perf.)
When My Marie Sings Chilly-Billy-Bee	1910	Eddie Moran (words)
Matrimony Rag, The	1911	Edgar Leslie (words)
Texas Tommy's dance	1911	Edgar Lewis (words)
When Ragtime Rosie Ragged the Rosary	1911	Edgar Leslie (words)
⇑ Buck Dance Bill	1912	Edgar Lewis (co-author) Maurice Abrahams (co-author)
Dancing Dan the Ragtime Battling Man	1912
Here Comes My Daddy, Now!	1912	Lewis F. Muir (words) Charles S, Bartholom (perf.)
Hitchy Koo	1912	Maurice Abrahams (co-author) L. Wolfe Gilbert (words) H. Lewis (perf.) Arthur Collins (perf.) Byron George Harlan (perf.)
I Want to Go Home	1912	L. Wolfe Gilbert (words)

1912-1913

Title	Year	Attribution	Remarks


Let's Go To Savanah G. A. (w&m)	1912	L. Wolfe Gibert (co-author) Maurice Abrahams (co-author)
Oh, That Strain	1912	Cila Le Vay (perf.)
Ragging the Baby to Sleep	1912	L. Wolfe Gilbert (words) Frank Elling (perf.)
Ragtime Cowboy Joe	1912	Maurice Abrahams (co-author) Grant Clarke (words) Bob Roberts (perf.)
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.)
Waiting For the Robert E. Lee	1912
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.)
At the Yiddish Cabaret	1913	L. Wolfe Gilbert (words) A. Jolson (perf.)
He Wants Someone to Call Him Papa	1913	Bessie Wynn (perf.) The Cornells (perf.)
Heavy on the Catsup	1913
How's Your Little Maltese Cat	1913	L. Wolfe Gilbert (words)
⇑ I've Been Through the Mill	1913	L. Wolfe Gilbert (words)
In the Heart of the Kentucky Hills	1913
Little Rag Baby Doll	1913	L. Wolfe Gilbert (words)
Mammy Jinny's Jubilee	1913	L. Wolfe Gilbert (words) Emma Carus (perf.) Beard (perf.) Arthur Collins (perf.) Byron George Harlan (perf.)
Oh What a Night	1913

1913-1915

Title	Year	Attribution	Remarks


We've Got a Parrot in Our House	1913	Arthur Collins (perf.) Byron George Harlan (perf.)
You Did, You Know You Did	1913	L. Wolfe Gilbert (words) Floryane (perf.)
Buy a Bale of Cotton For Me	1914	L. Wolfe Gilbert (words) Carrie Reynolds (perf.) Will Oakland (perf.)
By the Zuyder Zee	1914	Jack Wells (co-author) Alfred Bryan (words)
Camp Meeting Band	1914	Lewis F Muir (words) E. Cantor (perf.) Beatrice (perf.) Arthur Collins (perf.) Byron George Harlan (perf.)
I Had a Gal, I Had a Pal	1914	L. Wolfe Gilbert (words) Elizabeth M. Murray (perf.) Carrie Reynolds (perf.)
Mootching Along	1914
We've Been Married Just One Year (w&m)	1914	Daisy Taylor (perf.) Jack Charman (perf.)
Hicki Hoy	1915	Stanley Murphy (words)
If I Find Spanish Joe From Mexico Oh O-O-O Oh O-O-O!	1915

Videos

	Title	Dur	Performer	Composer	Score/Song


Chilly Billy Bee Rag	4:00	Ragtime Dorian Henry	L.F. Muir
Heavy on the Catsup	4:11	Ragtime Dorian Henry	L.F. Muir
Mexatexa	2:51	Ragtime Dorian Henry	L.F. Muir
Oh You Bear Cat Rag	3:37	Ragtime Dorian Henry	L.F. Muir
Play That Barber Shop Chord	2:56	Ragtime Dorian Henry	L.F. Muir
Waiting For the Robert E. Lee	4:09	Ragtime Dorian Henry	L.F. Muir