Lewis F. Muir (1884-1950)
Last updated: 29.01.24
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).
| Title (Release Year) | Co-Author(s) | Performers | Issue |
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A Bushel O' Kisses - Song (1909) | Matt Connes | Edward M. Favor | Indestructible Record: 1236 |
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A Bushel O' Kisses (1910) | Matt Connes | Edison Concert Band | Edison Standard Record: 10308 |
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Camp Meeting Band (1914) | Arthur Collins Byron George Harlan |
Edison Blue Amberol: 2268 | |
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Hitchy Koo (1912) | M. Abrahams | Arthur Collins Byron George Harlan |
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Mammy Jinny's Jubilee (1913) | Arthur Collins Byron George Harlan |
Edison Blue Amberol: 2032 | |
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Play That Barber Shop Chord (1911) | Ed Morton | ||
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Play That Barber Shop Chord (1910) | Edward Meeker | ||
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Ragtime Cowboy Joe (1912) | M. Abrahams | R.S. Roberts | |
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Take Me to That Swanee Shore (1913) | Arthur Collins Byron George Harlan |
Edison's National Phonograph Company | |
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Waiting For the Robert E. Lee - Song (1913) | Arthur Collins | ndestructible Record: 3275 | |
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Waiting For the Robert E. Lee - Song (1913) | Arthur Collins Byron George Harlan |
Edison Blue Amberol: 1897 | |
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⇑Mootching Along (1914) | Arthur Collins Byron George Harlan |
Edison Blue Amberol: 2408 | |
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We've Got a Parrot in Our House (1913) | Arthur Collins Byron George Harlan |
Edison Blue Amberol: 1938 |
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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 (1909), A | L.F. Muir (music) Matt Connes (coauth.) Andrew 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.) Moss & Potter (perf.) |
Piano, Voice | IMSLP Indiana |
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Camp Meeting Band (1914) | L.F. Muir (music) Lewis F Muir (words) Beatrice (perf.) |
Piano, Voice | Greer | Pub. |
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Chilli-Billi-Bee Rag (1910) | L.F. Muir (music) | Piano, Voice | Indiana | |
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Chilly Billy Bee Rag (1910) | L.F. Muir (music) | Piano | IMSLP | Pub. |
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He Wants Someone to Call Him Papa (1913) | L.F. Muir (music) Bessie Wynn (perf.) The Cornells (perf.) Stanley Warner (perf.) Bessie Wynn (perf.) |
Piano | IMSLP Indiana |
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Here Comes My Daddy, Now! (1912) | L.F. Muir (music) Lewis F. Muir (words) Elizabeth M. Murray (perf.) Bessie Wynn (perf.) |
Piano, Voice | Indiana Indiana |
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⇑How's Your Little Maltese Cat (1913) | L.F. Muir (music) Les Copeland (coauth.) L. Wolfe Gilbert (words) Marshall Montgomery (perf.) |
Piano, Voice | Indiana | Pub. |
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I Had a Gal, I Had a Pal (1914) | L.F. Muir (music) L. Wolfe Gilbert (words) Elisabeth M. Murray (perf.) |
Piano, Voice | Kirk | Pub. |
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In the Heart of the Kentucky Hills (1913) | L.F. Muir (music) Elizabeth M. Murray (perf.) |
Piano, Voice | Indiana | Pub. |
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Little Rag Baby Doll (1913) | L.F. Muir (music) L. Wolfe Gilbert (words) Bessie Wynn (perf.) |
Piano, Voice | Indiana | Pub. |
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Mammy Jinny's Jubilee (1913) | L.F. Muir (music) L. Wolfe Gilbert (words) Emma Carus (perf.) Mark Elkins (perf.) |
Piano, Voice | IMSLP Indiana |
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Mootching Along (1914) | L.F. Muir (music) | Piano | IMSLP | |
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Oh You Bear Cat Rag (1910) | L.F. Muir (music) Frederick Watson (coauth.) W. Tracey (words) Eleanor Wisdom (perf.) B.A. Williams (perf.) |
Piano, Voice | Indiana IMSLP |
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Ragging the Baby to Sleep (1912) | L.F. Muir (music) L. Wolfe Gilbert (words) Frank Elling (perf.) Willie Weston (perf.) McGill & Livingston (perf.) Stepp, Mehlinger & King (perf.) Elida Morris (perf.) Dorothy Russell (perf.) |
Piano, Voice | IMSLP Indiana Indiana Indiana Indiana Indiana |
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⇑Ragtime Cowboy Joe (1912) | L.F. Muir (music) M. Abrahams (coauth.) G. Clarke (words) Paul Russell Stone (perf.) B. Armstrong (perf.) Lew Hearn (perf.) Nettie May Lyon (perf.) Jack Sidney (perf.) |
Piano, Voice | Indiana Indiana Indiana |
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Take Me to That Swanee Shore (1912) | L.F. Muir (music) L. Wolfe Gilbert (words) G. Hoffmann (perf.) George Austin Moore (perf.) |
Piano, Voice | IMSLP Indiana |
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Texas Tommy's Dance (1911) | L.F. Muir (music) Edgar Lewis (words) |
Piano, Voice | Indiana | Pub. |
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Trail to Sunset Valley (1916) | L.F. Muir (music) L. Wolfe Gilbert (coauth.) L.F. Muir (coauth.) |
Piano | Indiana | |
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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.) Gus Chandler (perf.) Bert White (perf.) Phrynette! (perf.) |
Piano, Voice | IMSLP Indiana Indiana |
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We've Been Married Just One Year (1914) | L.F. Muir (w&m) Elizabeth M. Murray (perf.) |
Piano, Voice | Indiana | Pub. |
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When My Marie Sings Chilly Billy Bee (1910) | L.F. Muir (music) Eddie Moran (words) |
Piano, Voice | Indiana | 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 (1911) | L.F. Muir (music) E. Leslie (words) Al Litt (perf.) Stuart Barnes (perf.) |
Piano, Voice | Kirk Indiana Indiana |
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This list is arranged in chronological order and contains 43 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. |
| Chilli-Billi-Bee Rag | 1910 |   |
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| Oh You Bear Cat Rag | 1910 | Frederick Watson (co-author) William Tracey (words) Eleanor Wisdom (perf.) |
Pub. |
| Play That Barber Shop Chord | 1910 | William Tracey (words) Edward Meeker (perf.) Ed Morton (perf.) Bert A. Williams (perf.) |
Pub. |
| 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) Stuart Barnes (perf.) Al Litt (perf.) |
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.) Elizabeth M. Murray (perf.) Bessie Wynn (perf.) |
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| Hitchy Koo | 1912 | Maurice Abrahams (co-author) L. Wolfe Gilbert (words) Arthur Collins (perf.) Byron George Harlan (perf.) Henry Lewis (perf.) |
Pub. |
| 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.) McGill & Livingston (perf.) Elida Morris (perf.) Dorothy Russell (perf.) Stepp, Mehlinger & King (perf.) Willie Weston (perf.) |
Pub. |
| Ragtime Cowboy Joe | 1912 | Maurice Abrahams (co-author) Grant Clarke (words) Bonita Armstrong (perf.) Arturo de Cordova (perf.) Lew Hearn (perf.) Eddy Howard (perf.) Betty Hutton (perf.) Nettie May Lyon (perf.) Billy Murray (perf.) Robert S. Roberts (perf.) Jack Sidney (perf.) Paul Russell Stone (perf.) |
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| Take Me to That Swanee Shore | 1912 | L. Wolfe Gilbert (words) Arthur Collins (perf.) Byron George Harlan (perf.) Gertrude Hoffmann (perf.) Al Jolson (perf.) George Austin Moore (perf.) |
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| Waiting For the Robert E. Lee | 1912 | Pub. | |
| Waiting For the Robert E. Lee - Song | 1912 | L. Wolfe Gilbert (words) Fanny Brice (perf.) Gus Chandler (perf.) Arthur Collins (perf.) Judy Garland (perf.) Robert Golden (perf.) Byron George Harlan (perf.) Al Jolson (perf.) Phrynette! (perf.) Bert White (perf.) |
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| At the Yiddish Cabaret | 1913 | L. Wolfe Gilbert (words) Al Jolson (perf.) |
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| He Wants Someone to Call Him Papa | 1913 | The Cornells (perf.) Stanley Warner (perf.) Bessie Wynn (perf.) |
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| Heavy on the Catsup | 1913 | Pub. |
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| How's Your Little Maltese Cat | 1913 | Les Copeland (co-author) L. Wolfe Gilbert (words) Marshall Montgomery (perf.) |
Pub. |
| ⇑ I've Been Through the Mill | 1913 | L. Wolfe Gilbert (words) | Pub. |
| In the Heart of the Kentucky Hills | 1913 | Elizabeth M. Murray (perf.) | Pub. |
| Little Rag Baby Doll | 1913 | L. Wolfe Gilbert (words) Bessie Wynn (perf.) |
Pub. |
| Mammy Jinny's Jubilee | 1913 | L. Wolfe Gilbert (words) Beard (perf.) Emma Carus (perf.) Arthur Collins (perf.) Mark Elkins (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) Moss & Potter (perf.) Will Oakland (perf.) Carrie Reynolds (perf.) |
Pub. |
| By the Zuyder Zee | 1914 | Jack Wells (co-author) Alfred Bryan (words) |
Pub. |
| Camp Meeting Band | 1914 | Lewis F Muir (words) Beatrice (perf.) Eddie Cantor (perf.) Arthur Collins (perf.) Byron George Harlan (perf.) |
Pub. |
| I Had a Gal, I Had a Pal | 1914 | L. Wolfe Gilbert (words) Elizabeth M. Murray (perf.) Carrie Reynolds (perf.) |
Pub. |
| Mootching Along | 1914 | Arthur Collins (perf.) Byron George Harlan (perf.) |
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| We've Been Married Just One Year (w&m) | 1914 | Jack Charman (perf.) Elizabeth M. Murray (perf.) Daisy Taylor (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 | ||
| Trail to Sunset Valley | 1916 | L. Wolfe Gilbert (co-author) Lewis F. Muir (co-author) |
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