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Bring Me A Little Water Huddie Ledbetter (or traditional) (page @ www.bobdylan.com)

4 June 1970 BOB DYLAN 1970 4 June 1970 ANOTHER SELF PORTRAIT:     THE BOOTLEG SERIES VOL. 10 / 1969-1971

New Morning recording session 5, Columbia Studios, NYC - 4.jun.1970, take 1 New Morning recording session 5, Columbia Studios, NYC - 4.jun.1970 [ / Now, won't you bring me a little water, Sylvie? Bring me a little water now Bring me a little water, Sylvie For my tired brow. ] Sylvie is a good ol' girl From Florida, so they say She came up here last april To pass some time away. Now, won't you bring me a little water, Sylvie? Bring me a little water now Bring me a little water, Sylvie For my tired brow. Sylvie [ came here wednesday / came up here this morning ] She came [ this morning / ] by the light of the dawn She comes up here now nearly all of the time [ To see what she can / just to ] carry on. Now, won't you bring me a little water, Sylvie? Bring me a little water now Bring me a little water, Sylvie For my tired brow. Sylvie says she loves me She says it all of the time She always gets behind me When the hill is too high to climb. [ Yeah now / Oh ] won't you bring me a little water, Sylvie? Bring me a little water now Bring me a little water, Sylvie For my tired brow. She brings me beer and honey [ / And she ] brings me slop and beans Brings me coconuts and candy Brings me turnip greens. Bring me a little water, Sylvie? Bring me a little water now Bring me a little water, Sylvie For my tired brow For my tired brow Oh for my tired brow.