Sylvie
Words and Music by :  Huddie Ledbetter - Paul Campbell
Recording #1 by Harry Belafonte
Recording date: Aug 10,1955 (14:00-18:15)
Master number: F2PB 5801-2
Playing time: 5:18
Producer: Henri Rene
Millard Thomas: guitar; F. Hamilton: drums; The Norman Luboff Choir: (Elizabeth Mulliner: contractor; Bett Allan, Jaqueline Allan, Sue Allen, Ada Beth-Lee, Ralph Brewster, Allan Daves, Burton Dole, Robert Hamlin, Jimmie Joyce, Ray Kellogg, Gene Lanham, William Lee, Dorothy McCarthy, Thora Mathiason, Gil Mershon, Betty Noyes, Tony Parris, Thurl Ravenscroft, Virginia Rees, William Reeve, Elizabeth Rinker, Charles Schroeder, Maxwell Smith, Robert Stevens, Robert Walker, Eileen Wilson, Norma Zimmer).

CD: BCD16262, 07863-67403-2,
Recording #2 by Harry Belafonte
Recording date: Aug 19,1955 (14:00-18:00)
Master number: F2PB 5801-4
Playing time: 5:21
Producer: Henri Rene
Millard Thomas: guitar; F. Hamilton: drums; The Norman Luboff Choir: (Elizabeth Mulliner: contractor;, Jaqueline Allan, Stewart Bair, Ralph Brewster, Mary Dean, Faye Devlin, Robert Hamlin, Jimmie Joyce, Ray Kellogg, Gene Lanham, William Lee, Dorothy McCarthy, Thora Mathiason, Gil Mershon, Betty Noyes, Bernie Parks, Tony Parris, Virginia Rees, William Reeve, Elizabeth Rinker, Charles Schroeder, Maxwell Smith, Robert Stevens, Robert Walker, Betty Wand, Eileen Wilson, )

45 : 20114, SPD-24, EPA-694, EPA-9099
LP : LPM1150,
Tape: FTO6000, O8S-5002
CD: BCD16262, 88697-93951-2, RGMCD006
Recording #3 by Harry Belafonte
Recording date: April 19-20, 1959
Playing time: 4:54
45: 6006-45
LP: LSO6006,
CD: see LSO-6006, RGMCD071
Other recordings/albums by Harry Belafonte:
45: 
LP: 430.271, SM3925, MP666001, NL42802, CCSLP-186, 32001, RCS3235,  11-701,
CD: B93001, CD12512, 1130-15250-2, EVC322, GSS5336, 		 
Also recorded by:
Leadbelly
Lyrics:

Sylvie, Sylvie, I’m so hot an’ dry
Sylvie, Sylvie, can’t you hear
Can’t you hear me crying

Bring me a little water Sylvie
Bring me a little water now
Bring me a little water Sylvie
Ev’ry little once in a while

Sylvie say she loves me
But I believe she lie
She hasn’t been to see me
Since the last day of July

She brought me a little coffee
She brought me a little tea
Well she brought my nearly ev’ry damn thing
But she didn’t bring the jailhouse key

A little drink of water wouldn’t satisfy me

Bring it in a bucket Sylvie
Bring it in a bucket now
Bring it in a bucket Sylvie
Ev’ry little once in a while
Ev’ry little once in a while

Look a look a yonder
What is that I see
Well I thought is was little Sylvie
A coming after me