Bring Me Li'l Water, Silvy Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Verse 1]
[G]As most of you know, that was
one of the songs of old
Hugh
D.
Leadbeater.
And here's another one.
Leadbelly made up a song out of just what a man
might have hollered when he was in the fields,
wanting his wife to bring him a glass of water.
I heard
Lead
Belly sing it with his niece and
they used to harmonize so
pretty on it.
He'd be singing, bring me a little water
Sylvie, and she'd sing low
down, she had a country alto voice.
Bring me a little water
Sylvie, bring me a water [D]now,
[G]Bring me a little water,
Sylvie, every [D]little once [G]in a while
You [D]have to get that...
And [G]then the men all [D]singing...[G][D][G]
Let's hear all the girls.
Bring me a little water,
Sylvie
Just the [D]girls.[G][Am][D][G]
Now the verses, I'll give you them as we go along,
it is don't you see me coming, don't
you see me now, and so on.
Bring me a little water,
Sylvie.
Oh, men,
are you going to sing your part?
Bring me a water,
[D]Sylvie.[G]
[D]Oh,[G] girls, they're going to dro[C]wn you
[G]out unless you really sing out.
Open up your mouths wide.
Here we [D]go.[G]
[D]
[G]Don't you see me coming, don't you see me coming,
don't you see me [D]now, [G]don't you see me [C]coming,
[D]Don[G]'t you hear me coming, don't you hear me coming, don't you hear me now[D],
[G]don't you hear me coming, [Am]every little [D]once [G]in a while.
Bring it in a bucket,
Sylvie, bring it in a bucket,
Sylvie, bring it in a bucket [D]now.[G]
[C][D][G]
[D]
[G][Am][C][D]
[G]Sing that last line, [Am]every [C]little [D]once in a [G]while,
one more time, [Am]every [D]little
Once in a [G]while, one more time now
[C]Every little [D]once in a [G]while