Bring me Li'l Water Sylvie chords by Pete Seeger

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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
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Sylvie, bring me a water now,
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Bring me a little water, Sylvie,
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every little once in a while
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You have to get that...
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And then the men all singing...
Let's hear all the girls.
Bring me a little water, Sylvie
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Just the girls.
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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?
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Bring me a water, Sylvie.
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Oh, girls, they're going
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to drown you out
unless you really sing out.
Open up your mouths wide.
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Here we go.
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Don't you see me coming,
don't you see me coming,
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don't you see me now,
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don't you see me coming,
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Don't you hear me coming,
don't you hear me coming,
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don't you hear me now,
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don't you hear me coming,
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every little once in a while.
Bring it in a bucket, Sylvie,
bring it in a bucket, Sylvie,
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bring it in a bucket now.
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Sing that last line,
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every little once in a while,
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one more time, every little
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Once in a while, one more time now
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Every little once in a while