Lyrics and translation Lonnie Donegan - Bring A Little Water Sylvie [radio broadcast]
BRING
A
LITTLE
WATER,
SYLVIE
APPORTE
UN
PEU
D'EAU,
SYLVIE
(Huddie
Ledbetter
/ Lonnie
Donegan)
(Huddie
Ledbetter
/ Lonnie
Donegan)
(Spoken)
(Parlé)
Now
this
here's
a
story
'bout
a
man
working
in
a
field
Bon,
voici
une
histoire
à
propos
d'un
homme
qui
travaille
dans
un
champ.
He
bin
workin'
all
day,
he
getting'
hot,
an'
he's
thirsty
Il
a
travaillé
toute
la
journée,
il
a
chaud,
et
il
a
soif.
Want
a
girl
to
bring
the
water
round
Il
veut
que
la
fille
lui
apporte
de
l'eau.
He's
shoutin'
"Hey
Sylvie,
c'mon,
come
on
round
here
with
the
water,
Il
crie
"Hé
Sylvie,
viens,
viens
ici
avec
de
l'eau,
What
you
doin'
there".
But
she
ain't
comin'
Qu'est-ce
que
tu
fais
là
?"
Mais
elle
ne
vient
pas.
Man
getting'
hot,
an'
boy
he's
thirsty,
so
he
make
up
a
little
song,
L'homme
a
chaud
et
il
a
vraiment
soif,
alors
il
compose
une
petite
chanson,
Sing
to
the
woman,
make
her
bring
the
water
round
a
little
faster.
Il
chante
pour
la
femme,
pour
qu'elle
lui
apporte
de
l'eau
un
peu
plus
vite.
Here
the
way
he
sing...
Voici
comment
il
chante...
Won't
you
bring
a
little
water
Sylvie
Veux-tu
apporter
un
peu
d'eau
Sylvie
Won't
you
bring
a
little
water
now
Veux-tu
apporter
un
peu
d'eau
maintenant
Won't
you
bring
a
little
water
Sylvie
Veux-tu
apporter
un
peu
d'eau
Sylvie
Lord,
ev'ry
little
once
in
a
while
Seigneur,
un
petit
peu
de
temps
en
temps
Well
do
you
love
me
Sylvie
Alors
est-ce
que
tu
m'aimes
Sylvie
Oh
do
you
love
me
now
Oh
est-ce
que
tu
m'aimes
maintenant
Oh
do
you
love
me
Sylvie
Oh
est-ce
que
tu
m'aimes
Sylvie
Yeah!
ev'ry
little
once
in
a
while
Oui
! un
petit
peu
de
temps
en
temps
Well
bring
a
little
water
Sylvie
Alors
apporte
un
peu
d'eau
Sylvie
Won't
you
bring
a
little
water
now
Veux-tu
apporter
un
peu
d'eau
maintenant
Won't
you
bring
a
little
water
Sylvie
Veux-tu
apporter
un
peu
d'eau
Sylvie
Lord,
ev'ry
little
once
in
a
while
Seigneur,
un
petit
peu
de
temps
en
temps
Won't
you
bring
a
little
water
Sylvie
Veux-tu
apporter
un
peu
d'eau
Sylvie
Won't
you
bring
a
little
water
now
Veux-tu
apporter
un
peu
d'eau
maintenant
Won't
you
bring
a
little
water
Sylvie
Veux-tu
apporter
un
peu
d'eau
Sylvie
Lord,
ev'ry
little
once
in
a
while
Seigneur,
un
petit
peu
de
temps
en
temps
C'mon
an'
prove
it
to
me
Sylvie
Allez
viens
et
prouve-le
moi
Sylvie
Prove
it
to
me
now
Prouve-le
moi
maintenant
Won't
you
prove
it
to
me
Sylvie
Veux-tu
me
le
prouver
Sylvie
Yeah!
ev'ry
little
once
in
a
while
Oui
! un
petit
peu
de
temps
en
temps
Well
bring
a
little
water
Sylvie
Alors
apporte
un
peu
d'eau
Sylvie
Won't
you
bring
a
little
water
now
Veux-tu
apporter
un
peu
d'eau
maintenant
Won't
you
bring
a
little
water
Sylvie
Veux-tu
apporter
un
peu
d'eau
Sylvie
Lord,
ev'ry
little
once
in
a
while
Seigneur,
un
petit
peu
de
temps
en
temps
Well,
ev'ry
little
once,
hey
do
you
love
me
Sylvie,
Alors,
un
petit
peu
de
temps
en
temps,
hey
est-ce
que
tu
m'aimes
Sylvie,
Every
little
once
in
a
while
Un
petit
peu
de
temps
en
temps
Won't
you
bring
a
little
water
Sylvie
Veux-tu
apporter
un
peu
d'eau
Sylvie
Yeah!
Ev'ry
little
once
in
a
while
Oui
! Un
petit
peu
de
temps
en
temps
Oh,
play
it
to
me
Danny,
go
on
Oh,
joue-le
moi
Danny,
vas-y
(Musical
Break
with
various
"Yeahs"
from
Lonnie)
(Pause
musicale
avec
divers
"Oui"
de
Lonnie)
Won't
you
bring
a
little
water
Sylvie
Veux-tu
apporter
un
peu
d'eau
Sylvie
Won't
you
bring
a
little
water
now
Veux-tu
apporter
un
peu
d'eau
maintenant
Won't
you
bring
a
little
water
Sylvie
Veux-tu
apporter
un
peu
d'eau
Sylvie
Yeah!
ev'ry
little
once
in
a
while
Oui
! un
petit
peu
de
temps
en
temps
Won't
you
bring
a
little
water
Veux-tu
apporter
un
peu
d'eau
Won't
you
bring
a
little
water
Veux-tu
apporter
un
peu
d'eau
Won't
you
bring
a
little
water
now
Veux-tu
apporter
un
peu
d'eau
maintenant
Won't
you
bring
a
little
water
Sylvie
Veux-tu
apporter
un
peu
d'eau
Sylvie
Yeah!
Ev'ry
little
once
in
a
while
Oui
! Un
petit
peu
de
temps
en
temps
Oh,
do
you
love
me
Sylvie
Oh,
est-ce
que
tu
m'aimes
Sylvie
Well,
do
you
love
me
now
Alors,
est-ce
que
tu
m'aimes
maintenant
Do
you
love
me
Sylvie
Est-ce
que
tu
m'aimes
Sylvie
Yeah!
Ev'ry
little
once
in
a
while
Oui
! Un
petit
peu
de
temps
en
temps
Well
bring
a
little
water
Sylvie
Alors
apporte
un
peu
d'eau
Sylvie
Well
you
bring
a
little
water
now
Alors
tu
apportes
un
peu
d'eau
maintenant
Yeah!
Bring
a
little
water
Sylvie
Oui
! Apporte
un
peu
d'eau
Sylvie
Lord,
ev'ry
little
once
in
a
while
Seigneur,
un
petit
peu
de
temps
en
temps
Bring
a
little
water
Sylvie
Apporte
un
peu
d'eau
Sylvie
Won't
you
bring
a
little
water
now
Veux-tu
apporter
un
peu
d'eau
maintenant
Won't
you
bring
a
little
water
Sylvie
Veux-tu
apporter
un
peu
d'eau
Sylvie
Ev'ry
little
once
in
a
while
Un
petit
peu
de
temps
en
temps
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2 The Grand Coulee Dam [Pye-Nixa single]
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4 Bring A Little Water Sylvie [Nixa single]
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6 Midnight Special [live in Denmark, 4/53]
7 Hard Time Blues [live in Denmark, 4/53]
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10 On A Monday [Pye-Nixa Donegan On Stage EP]
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16 I'm A Ramblin' Man [Nixa Lonnie Donegan Showcase LP]
17 I'm Alabammy Bound [Nixa Lonnie Donegan Showcase LP]
18 I Shall Not Be Moved [Nixa Lonnie Donegan Showcase LP]
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22 Wreck Of The Old '97 [Nixa Lonnie Donegan Showcase LP]
23 Ella Speed
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25 Black Girl [Pye-Nixa Donegan On Stage EP, unissued]
26 Hard Travellin' [Pye-Nixa single, unissued]
27 Ham 'N' Eggs [Pye-Nixa single]
28 Jack O'Diamonds [Pye-Nixa single]
29 I'm Just A Rolling Stone [Pye-Nixa single]
30 My Dixie Darling [Pye-Nixa single]
31 Gamblin' Man [Pye-Nixa single]
32 Puttin' On The Style [Pye-Nixa single]
33 Love Is Strange [Pye-Nixa single]
34 Cumberland Gap [Pye-Nixa single]
35 Don't You Rock Me Daddy-O [radio broadcast]
36 Cumberland Gap [radio broadcast]
37 I'm Alabammy Bound
38 Glory [Pye-Nixa Donegan On Stage EP]
39 Dead Or Alive [Nixa single]
40 Nobody Loves Like An Irishman [Pye-Nixa single]
41 Railroad Bill [Nixa Skiffle Session EP]
42 Bury My Body [Decca single]
43 Diggin' My Potatoes [Decca single]
44 Leavin' Blues [live in Denmark 10/54]
45 Over In The New Burying Ground [live in Denmark 10/54]
46 Precious Lord, Lead Me On [live in Denmark 10/54]
47 Wabash Cannonball [Decca, unissued]
48 The Passing Stranger [Oriole single]
49 Nobody's Child [Decca, unissued]
50 Rock Island Line [Decca New Orleans Joys LP]
51 Midnight Special [radio broadcast, circa 53/54]
52 John Henry [radio broadcast, circa 53/54]
53 You Don't Know My Mind [live in Denmark, 4/53]
54 John Henry [Decca New Orleans Joys LP]
55 On A Christmas Day [Columbia single]
56 Take My Hand, Precious Lord [Columbia single]
57 When I Move To The Sky [radio broadcast, 4/55]
58 Ol' Riley [Nixa Skiffle Session EP]
59 The Ballad Of Jessie James [Nixa Skiffle Session EP]
60 Goin' Down The Road Feelin' Bad [radio broadcast 1956]
61 Lost John [radio broadcast, 1956]
62 Stewball [Nixa Single]
63 Lost John [Nixa single]
64 Railroad Bill [radio broadcast 1/56]
65 Midnight Special [radio broadcast, 5/55]
66 (In The Evening) When The Sun Goes Down [radio broadcast 5/55]
67 Harmonica Blues [unissued]
68 Worried Man Blues [Polygon Backstairs Session EP]
69 New Buryin' Ground [Polygon Backstairs Session EP]
70 When The Sun Goes Down [Polygon Backstairs Session EP]
71 Midnight Special [Polygon broadcast, 4/55]
72 On A Monday [radio broadcast, 4/55]
73 Stackalee (Stack O'Lee) [Nixa Skiffle Session EP]
2 The Grand Coulee Dam [Pye-Nixa single]
3 Bring A Little Water Sylvie [radio broadcast]
4 Bring A Little Water Sylvie [Nixa single]
5 Nobody's Child [live in Denmark, 4/53]
6 Midnight Special [live in Denmark, 4/53]
7 Hard Time Blues [live in Denmark, 4/53]
8 Precious Memories
9 Old Hannah (Go Down Old Hannah) [Pye-Nixa Donegan On Stage EP]
10 On A Monday [Pye-Nixa Donegan On Stage EP]
11 Don't You Rock Me Daddy-O [Nixa single]
12 Rock Island Line [Nixa unissued]
13 I've Got Rocks In My Bed [Nixa, unissued]
14 Brother Moses Smothe The Water [Pye-Nixa Donegan On Stage EP, unissued]
15 Frankie And Johnny [Nixa Lonnie Donegan Showcase LP]
16 I'm A Ramblin' Man [Nixa Lonnie Donegan Showcase LP]
17 I'm Alabammy Bound [Nixa Lonnie Donegan Showcase LP]
18 I Shall Not Be Moved [Nixa Lonnie Donegan Showcase LP]
19 Nobody's Child [Nixa Lonnie Donegan Showcase LP]
20 How Long, How Long Blues [Nixa Lonnie Donegan Showcase LP]
21 Wabash Cannonball [Nixa Lonnie Donegan Showcase LP]
22 Wreck Of The Old '97 [Nixa Lonnie Donegan Showcase LP]
23 Ella Speed
24 Glory [false start, Pye-Nixa Donegan On Stage EP, unissued]
25 Black Girl [Pye-Nixa Donegan On Stage EP, unissued]
26 Hard Travellin' [Pye-Nixa single, unissued]
27 Ham 'N' Eggs [Pye-Nixa single]
28 Jack O'Diamonds [Pye-Nixa single]
29 I'm Just A Rolling Stone [Pye-Nixa single]
30 My Dixie Darling [Pye-Nixa single]
31 Gamblin' Man [Pye-Nixa single]
32 Puttin' On The Style [Pye-Nixa single]
33 Love Is Strange [Pye-Nixa single]
34 Cumberland Gap [Pye-Nixa single]
35 Don't You Rock Me Daddy-O [radio broadcast]
36 Cumberland Gap [radio broadcast]
37 I'm Alabammy Bound
38 Glory [Pye-Nixa Donegan On Stage EP]
39 Dead Or Alive [Nixa single]
40 Nobody Loves Like An Irishman [Pye-Nixa single]
41 Railroad Bill [Nixa Skiffle Session EP]
42 Bury My Body [Decca single]
43 Diggin' My Potatoes [Decca single]
44 Leavin' Blues [live in Denmark 10/54]
45 Over In The New Burying Ground [live in Denmark 10/54]
46 Precious Lord, Lead Me On [live in Denmark 10/54]
47 Wabash Cannonball [Decca, unissued]
48 The Passing Stranger [Oriole single]
49 Nobody's Child [Decca, unissued]
50 Rock Island Line [Decca New Orleans Joys LP]
51 Midnight Special [radio broadcast, circa 53/54]
52 John Henry [radio broadcast, circa 53/54]
53 You Don't Know My Mind [live in Denmark, 4/53]
54 John Henry [Decca New Orleans Joys LP]
55 On A Christmas Day [Columbia single]
56 Take My Hand, Precious Lord [Columbia single]
57 When I Move To The Sky [radio broadcast, 4/55]
58 Ol' Riley [Nixa Skiffle Session EP]
59 The Ballad Of Jessie James [Nixa Skiffle Session EP]
60 Goin' Down The Road Feelin' Bad [radio broadcast 1956]
61 Lost John [radio broadcast, 1956]
62 Stewball [Nixa Single]
63 Lost John [Nixa single]
64 Railroad Bill [radio broadcast 1/56]
65 Midnight Special [radio broadcast, 5/55]
66 (In The Evening) When The Sun Goes Down [radio broadcast 5/55]
67 Harmonica Blues [unissued]
68 Worried Man Blues [Polygon Backstairs Session EP]
69 New Buryin' Ground [Polygon Backstairs Session EP]
70 When The Sun Goes Down [Polygon Backstairs Session EP]
71 Midnight Special [Polygon broadcast, 4/55]
72 On A Monday [radio broadcast, 4/55]
73 Stackalee (Stack O'Lee) [Nixa Skiffle Session EP]
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