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).

Cylinders

	Title (Release Year)	Co-Author(s)	Performers	Issue


A Bushel O' Kisses - Song (1909)	Matt Connes	Edward M. Favor	Indestructible Record: 1236
A Bushel O' Kisses (1910)	Matt Connes	Edison Concert Band	Edison Standard Record: 10308
Camp Meeting Band (1914)		Arthur Collins Byron George Harlan	Edison Blue Amberol: 2268
Hitchy Koo (1912)	M. Abrahams	Arthur Collins Byron George Harlan
Mammy Jinny's Jubilee (1913)		Arthur Collins Byron George Harlan	Edison Blue Amberol: 2032
Play That Barber Shop Chord (1911)		Ed Morton
Play That Barber Shop Chord (1910)		Edward Meeker
Ragtime Cowboy Joe (1912)	M. Abrahams	R.S. Roberts
Take Me to That Swanee Shore (1913)		Arthur Collins Byron George Harlan	Edison's National Phonograph Company
Waiting For the Robert E. Lee - Song (1913)		Arthur Collins	ndestructible Record: 3275
Waiting For the Robert E. Lee - Song (1913)		Arthur Collins Byron George Harlan	Edison Blue Amberol: 1897
⇑Mootching Along (1914)		Arthur Collins Byron George Harlan	Edison Blue Amberol: 2408
We've Got a Parrot in Our House (1913)		Arthur Collins Byron George Harlan	Edison Blue Amberol: 1938

MIDIs

	Title	Co-Author(s)	Sequencer


	Chilly Billy Bee Rag (1910)		James Pitt-Payne
	Here Comes My Daddy, Now! (1912)		James Pitt-Payne
	I Had a Gal, I Had a Pal (1914)		James Pitt-Payne
	Little Rag Baby Doll (1913)		James Pitt-Payne

Records

	Title (Release Year)	Composer	Performers	Issue


	Hicki Hoy (1916)	L.F. Muir	N. Bayes	Victor: B-18585

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

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The loss of this valuable resource is very sad and a mystery.

	Title	Attribution	Remarks


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

	Title	Attribution	Instruments	Source	Remarks


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
Camp Meeting Band (1914)	L.F. Muir (music) Lewis F Muir (words) Beatrice (perf.)	Piano, Voice	Greer	Pub.
Chilli-Billi-Bee Rag (1910)	L.F. Muir (music)	Piano, Voice	Indiana
Chilly Billy Bee Rag (1910)	L.F. Muir (music)	Piano	IMSLP	Pub.
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	Pub.
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	Pub.
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.
⇑In the Heart of the Kentucky Hills (1913)	L.F. Muir (music) Elizabeth M. Murray (perf.)	Piano, Voice	Indiana	Pub.
Little Rag Baby Doll (1913)	L.F. Muir (music) L. Wolfe Gilbert (words) Bessie Wynn (perf.)	Piano, Voice	Indiana	Pub.
Mammy Jinny's Jubilee (1913)	L.F. Muir (music) L. Wolfe Gilbert (words) Emma Carus (perf.) Mark Elkins (perf.)	Piano, Voice	IMSLP Indiana	Pub.
Matrimony Rag (1911), The	L.F. Muir (music) E. Leslie (words) Eddie Miller (perf.)	Piano, Voice	Indiana	Pub.
Mootching Along (1914)	L.F. Muir (music)	Piano	IMSLP
Oh You Bear Cat Rag (1910)	L.F. Muir (music) Frederick Watson (coauth.) W. Tracey (words) Eleanor Wisdom (perf.)	Piano, Voice	Indiana	Pub.
Play That Barber Shop Chord (1910)	L.F. Muir (music) W. Tracey (words) B.A. Williams (perf.)	Piano, Voice	IMSLP	Pub.
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	Pub.
⇑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	Pub.
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	Pub.
Texas Tommy's Dance (1911)	L.F. Muir (music) Edgar Lewis (words)	Piano, Voice	Indiana	Pub.
Trail to Sunset Valley (1916)	L.F. Muir (music) L. Wolfe Gilbert (coauth.) L.F. Muir (coauth.)	Piano	Indiana
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	Pub.
We've Been Married Just One Year (1914)	L.F. Muir (w&m) Elizabeth M. Murray (perf.)	Piano, Voice	Indiana	Pub.
When My Marie Sings Chilly Billy Bee (1910)	L.F. Muir (music) Eddie Moran (words)	Piano, Voice	Indiana	Pub.
When My Marie Sings Chilly-Billy-Bee (1910)	L.F. Muir (music) Eddie Moran (words)	Piano, Voice	IMSLP	Pub.
⇑When Ragtime Rosie Ragged the Rosary (1911)	L.F. Muir (music) E. Leslie (words) Al Litt (perf.) Stuart Barnes (perf.)	Piano, Voice	Indiana Indiana	Pub.

Works

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

(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)	Pub.
Chilli-Billi-Bee Rag	1910
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) Eddie Miller (perf.)
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)	Pub.
Dancing Dan the Ragtime Battling Man	1912
Here Comes My Daddy, Now!	1912	Lewis F. Muir (words) Charles S. Bartholomew (perf.) Elizabeth M. Murray (perf.) Bessie Wynn (perf.)	Pub.
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.

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.) 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.)	Pub.
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.)	Pub.
Waiting For the Robert E. Lee	1912		Pub.
Waiting For the Robert E. Lee - Song	1912	L. Wolfe Gilbert (words) Fanny Brice (perf.) A.R. Browne (perf.) Emma Carus (perf.) Gus Chandler (perf.) Arthur Collins (perf.) Feiber & Townes Medlin (perf.) Judy Garland (perf.) Robert Golden (perf.) Byron George Harlan (perf.) Al Jolson (perf.) Phrynette! (perf.) Barber Shop Quartet (perf.) Sue Smith (perf.) Bert White (perf.)	Pub.
At the Yiddish Cabaret	1913	L. Wolfe Gilbert (words) Al Jolson (perf.)
He Wants Someone to Call Him Papa	1913	The Cornells (perf.) Stanley Warner (perf.) Bessie Wynn (perf.)	Pub.
Heavy on the Catsup	1913		Pub.
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.) George F. Britt (perf.) Jack Butler (perf.) Emma Carus (perf.) Arthur Collins (perf.) Mark Elkins (perf.) Byron George Harlan (perf.)	Pub.
Oh What a Night	1913		Pub.

1913-1916

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) 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) Charles S. Bartholomew (perf.) 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.)
We've Been Married Just One Year (w&m)	1914	Jack Charman (perf.) Elizabeth M. Murray (perf.) Daisy Taylor (perf.)	Pub.
Hicki Hoy	1915	Stanley Murphy (words) Nora Bayes (perf.)	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)

Videos

	Composer	Title	Performer


L.F. Muir	Chilli-Billi-Bee Rag (3:43)	Ragtime Dorian Henry
L.F. Muir	Heavy on the Catsup (4:14)	Ragtime Dorian Henry
L.F. Muir	Oh You Bear Cat Rag (3:37)	Ragtime Dorian Henry