Chorus:
Bring me li'l water, Silvy.
Bring me li'l water now.
Bring me li'l water, Silvy,
every li'l once in a while.

Verse 1:
Don't you see me coming?
Don't you see me now?
Well, don't you see me coming,
every li'l once in a while?

(Chorus)

Verse 2:

Oh, won't you bring bring it in a bucket, Silvy?
Oh, won't you bring it in a bucket now?
Oh, won't you bring it in a bucket, Silvy,
every li'l once in a while?

Well, Silvy come a-runnin'.
Silvy comin' now.
Well, Silvy come a-runnin',
Every li'l once in a while.

Well see me come a-runnin'.
See me comin' now.
Well, see me come a-runnin',
every li'l once in a while.

(Chorus)