Lewis F. Muir  (1884-1950)
Last updated: 20.10.24
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
         
cylinder15.gif A Bushel O' Kisses - Song (1909) Matt Connes Edward M. Favor Indestructible Record: 1236
cylinder15.gif A Bushel O' Kisses (1910) Matt Connes Edison Concert Band Edison Standard Record: 10308
cylinder15.gif Camp Meeting Band (1914) Arthur Collins
Byron George Harlan
Edison Blue Amberol: 2268
cylinder15.gif Hitchy Koo (1912) M. Abrahams Arthur Collins
Byron George Harlan
cylinder15.gif Mammy Jinny's Jubilee (1913) Arthur Collins
Byron George Harlan
Edison Blue Amberol: 2032
cylinder15.gif Play That Barber Shop Chord (1911) Ed Morton
cylinder15.gif Play That Barber Shop Chord (1910) Edward Meeker
cylinder15.gif Ragtime Cowboy Joe (1912) M. Abrahams R.S. Roberts
cylinder15.gif Take Me to That Swanee Shore (1913) Arthur Collins
Byron George Harlan
Edison's National Phonograph Company
cylinder15.gif Waiting For the Robert E. Lee - Song (1913) Arthur Collins ndestructible Record: 3275
cylinder15.gif Waiting For the Robert E. Lee - Song (1913) Arthur Collins
Byron George Harlan
Edison Blue Amberol: 1897
cylinder15.gif  Mootching Along (1914) Arthur Collins
Byron George Harlan
Edison Blue Amberol: 2408
cylinder15.gif We've Got a Parrot in Our House (1913) Arthur Collins
Byron George Harlan
Edison Blue Amberol: 1938
  Title Co-Author(s) Sequencer
       
audiomidi15.gif Chilly Billy Bee Rag (1910) James Pitt-Payne
audiomidi15.gif Here Comes My Daddy, Now! (1912) James Pitt-Payne
audiomidi15.gif I Had a Gal, I Had a Pal (1914) James Pitt-Payne
audiomidi15.gif Little Rag Baby Doll (1913) James Pitt-Payne
  Title (Release Year) Composer Performers Issue
         
recordmp3.gif Hicki Hoy (1916) L.F. Muir N. Bayes Victor: B-18585
     Performer CD Title Supplier
       
Folk Music CDs:
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Jazz Music CDs:
cd15.gif Turk Murphy Turk Murphy's Jazz Band Favorites CD(s) & MP3 Album(s) flag15us.gif flag15uk.gif flag15de.gif flag15fr.gif flag15ca.gif flag15it.gif flag15es.gif
Ragtime Music CDs:
cd15.gif Various Artists From Ragtime to Jazz Vol. 4: 1896-1922 CD(s) & MP3 Album(s) flag15us.gif flag15uk.gif flag15de.gif flag15fr.gif flag15ca.gif flag15it.gif flag15es.gif
cd15.gif Various Artists Player Piano Memories CD(s) & MP3 Album(s) flag15us.gif flag15de.gif flag15fr.gif
cd15.gif Various Artists Spirit of Ragtime flag15us.gif flag15uk.gif flag15de.gif flag15fr.gif flag15ca.gif flag15it.gif flag15es.gif
cd15.gif Claude Bolling Original Ragtime CD(s) & MP3 Album(s) flag15us.gif flag15uk.gif flag15de.gif flag15fr.gif flag15ca.gif
cd15.gif Claude Bolling Original Ragtime/Original Boogie Woogie/Original Piano Blues CD(s) & MP3 Album(s) flag15us.gif flag15uk.gif flag15de.gif flag15fr.gif flag15ca.gif flag15es.gif
cd15.gif Robert R. Darch Reunion in Ragtime flag15us.gif flag15uk.gif flag15de.gif flag15fr.gif flag15ca.gif
cd15.gif Elite Syncopators Ragtime Special flag15us.gif flag15uk.gif flag15de.gif flag15fr.gif flag15ca.gif flag15es.gif
cd15.gif Big Tiny Little Best of Honky Tonky Piano Vol. 1 flag15us.gif
cd15.gif  Paragon Ragtime Orchestra Knockout Drops CD(s) & MP3 Album(s) flag15us.gif flag15uk.gif flag15de.gif flag15fr.gif flag15ca.gif flag15it.gif flag15es.gif
cd15.gif Heidelberg Quintet Floating Down the River flag15us.gif flag15uk.gif flag15de.gif flag15fr.gif flag15ca.gif flag15it.gif flag15es.gif
cd15.gif Eubie Blake Golden Reunion in Ragtime flag15us.gif
cd15.gif Eubie Blake That's Ragtime! flag15us.gif flag15uk.gif flag15de.gif flag15fr.gif flag15ca.gif flag15it.gif flag15es.gif
cd15.gif Richard Zimmerman Ragtime Favorites - Richard Zimmerman flag15us.gif
cd15.gif St. Louis Ragtimers The St. Louis Ragtimers: Volume 1 flag15us.gif flag15uk.gif flag15de.gif flag15fr.gif flag15ca.gif flag15it.gif flag15es.gif
cd15.gif St. Louis Ragtimers The St. Louis Ragtimers: Volume 2 flag15us.gif flag15uk.gif flag15de.gif flag15fr.gif flag15ca.gif flag15it.gif flag15es.gif
cd15.gif St. Louis Ragtimers The St. Louis Ragtimers: Volume 4 flag15us.gif flag15uk.gif flag15de.gif flag15fr.gif flag15ca.gif flag15it.gif flag15es.gif
cd15.gif Terry Waldo Kinky and Sweet flag15us.gif flag15uk.gif flag15de.gif flag15fr.gif flag15ca.gif flag15es.gif
cd15.gif Sue Keller Kellerized flag15us.gif flag15de.gif
cd15.gif Jo Ann Castle The Best of Jo Ann Castle CD(s) & MP3 Album(s) flag15us.gif flag15uk.gif flag15de.gif flag15fr.gif flag15ca.gif flag15it.gif flag15es.gif
cd15.gif  Jo Ann Castle Jo Anne Castle - 22 Greatest Ragtime Hits: Vol. 2 CD(s) & MP3 Album(s) flag15us.gif flag15uk.gif flag15de.gif flag15fr.gif flag15ca.gif flag15it.gif flag15es.gif
cd15.gif Knuckles O'Toole Knuckles O'Toole: Plays The Greatest All-Time Ragtime Hits flag15us.gif
cd15.gif Johnny Maddox Back Home in Tennessee CD(s) & MP3 Album(s) flag15us.gif flag15uk.gif flag15de.gif flag15fr.gif flag15ca.gif flag15it.gif flag15es.gif
cd15.gif Johnny Maddox Cowboys & Indians CD(s) & MP3 Album(s) flag15us.gif flag15uk.gif flag15de.gif flag15fr.gif flag15ca.gif flag15it.gif flag15es.gif
cd15.gif Bill Edwards Perfessor Bill Sings Volume 1
This list is derived from information provided by Monologues.co.uk which went down sometime in 2023.
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.)
 
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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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pdf15.gif Camp Meeting Band (1914) L.F. Muir (music)
Lewis F Muir (words)
Beatrice (perf.)
Piano, Voice Greer Pub.
pdf15.gif Chilli-Billi-Bee Rag (1910) L.F. Muir (music) Piano, Voice Indiana wvicon.gif
pdf15.gif 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
Pub.


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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
Pub.
pdf15.gif 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.
pdf15.gif  In the Heart of the Kentucky Hills (1913) L.F. Muir (music)
Elizabeth M. Murray (perf.)
Piano, Voice Indiana Pub.
pdf15.gif 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
Pub.
pdf15.gif Matrimony Rag (1911), The L.F. Muir (music)
E. Leslie (words)
Eddie Miller (perf.)
Piano, Voice Indiana Pub.
pdf15.gif Mootching Along (1914) L.F. Muir (music) Piano IMSLP
pdf15.gif Oh You Bear Cat Rag (1910) L.F. Muir (music)
Frederick Watson (coauth.)
W. Tracey (words)
Eleanor Wisdom (perf.)
Piano, Voice Indiana Pub.
pdf15.gif 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.)
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.



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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
Pub.


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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
Pub.
pdf15.gif Texas Tommy's Dance (1911) L.F. Muir (music)
Edgar Lewis (words)
Piano, Voice Indiana Pub.
pdf15.gif Trail to Sunset Valley (1916) L.F. Muir (music)
L. Wolfe Gilbert (coauth.)
L.F. Muir (coauth.)
Piano Indiana wvicon.gif


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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
Pub.
pdf15.gif We've Been Married Just One Year (1914) L.F. Muir (w&m)
Elizabeth M. Murray (perf.)
Piano, Voice Indiana Pub.
pdf15.gif When My Marie Sings Chilly Billy Bee (1910) L.F. Muir (music)
Eddie Moran (words)
Piano, Voice Indiana Pub.
pdf15.gif 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

Indiana
Indiana
Pub.
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 pdf15.gif (w&m)
Title Year Attribution Remarks
       
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  wvicon.gif
Play That Fandango Rag 1909 E. Ray Goetz (words)  Pub.
Chilli-Billi-Bee Rag 1910  wvicon.gif pdf15.gifpdf15.gif youtube15.jpg 
Oh You Bear Cat Rag 1910 Frederick Watson (co-author)
William Tracey (words)
Eleanor Wisdom (perf.)
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Play That Barber Shop Chord 1910 William Tracey (words)
Edward Meeker (perf.)
Ed Morton (perf.)
Bert A. Williams (perf.)
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When My Marie Sings Chilly-Billy-Bee 1910 Eddie Moran (words)  Pub. pdf15.gifpdf15.gif
Matrimony Rag, The 1911 Edgar Leslie (words)
Eddie Miller (perf.)
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Texas Tommy's Dance 1911 Edgar Lewis (words)  Pub. pdf15.gif
When Ragtime Rosie Ragged the Rosary 1911 Edgar Leslie (words)
Stuart Barnes (perf.)
Al Litt (perf.)
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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.)
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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.)
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I Want to Go Home 1912 L. Wolfe Gilbert (words)  Pub.
Title Year Attribution Remarks
       
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.)
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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.)
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.)
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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. youtube15.jpg
How's Your Little Maltese Cat 1913 Les Copeland (co-author)
L. Wolfe Gilbert (words)
Marshall Montgomery (perf.)
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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. pdf15.gif
Little Rag Baby Doll 1913 L. Wolfe Gilbert (words)
Bessie Wynn (perf.)
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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.)
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Oh What a Night 1913  Pub.
Title Year Attribution Remarks
       
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.)
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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.)
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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)
Nora Bayes (perf.)
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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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     Composer Title Performer
       
youtube15.jpg L.F. Muir Chilli-Billi-Bee Rag (3:43) Ragtime Dorian Henry
youtube15.jpg L.F. Muir Heavy on the Catsup (4:14) Ragtime Dorian Henry
youtube15.jpg L.F. Muir Oh You Bear Cat Rag (3:37) Ragtime Dorian Henry