GVP-songs
Bring Me a Little Water, Sylvie
by Huddie Ledbetter “Leadbelly”
Body Percussion by Evie Ladin
BRING ME LITTLE WATER, SYLVIE
Bring me little water, Sylvie
Bring me little water now
Bring me little water, Sylvie
Every little once in a while
Bring it in a bucket, Sylvie
Bring it in a bucket now
Bring it in a bucket, Sylvie
Every little once in a while
Sylvie come a’runnin’
Bucket in my hand
I will bring a little water
Fast as I can
Big Pot In The Little One
Tommy Goldsmith © 2002 Saxapahaw Music
inspired by Mary Johnson MacMillan Goldsmith
We’ll put the big pot in the little one
People gather ‘round, we’re gonna have some fun
There’ll be food enough for everyone
If we put the big pot in the little one
Something that my mama always used to say
When people unexpectedly came by to stay
Whisking up a meal from what we had on hand
Acting that’s the way we always had it planned
Go out in the garden gather up some peas
Bake a few potatoes and some biscuits, please
By the dot of seven everyone is fed
We can all remember what my mama said
We’ll put the big pot in the little one
Family gather ‘round, we’re gonna have some fun
There’ll be food enough for everyone
If we put the big pot in the little one
All across the country folks are out of work
Your farmers and your laborers, your retail clerks
Kids go off to school without a decent meal
Ain’t no way to learn the way their stomachs feel
Seems we need to open up the way we live
And look beyond ourselves to see what we might give
In this land of plenty we can get it done
If we put the big pot in the little one
We’ll put the big pot in the little one
People gather ‘round, we’re gonna have some fun
There’ll be food enough for everyone
If we put the big pot in the little one
Babe Thandeza
Ashes And Smoke
by Linda Allen
ASHES AND SMOKE
We have been burned, burned by the fire
And we are ashes, ashes and smoke
And we will rise higher and higher
On the wings of compassion,
justice, and hope
A Nice Pot Of Tea
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