Sylvie (Bring Me Li'l Water, Sylvie) — who wrote it?

no ISWCRecorded by Harry Belafonte and others✓ No disputed shares

Also registered as: SYLVIE BRING ME LIL WATER SYLVIE

Sylvie (Bring Me Li'l Water, Sylvie) was written by Ronnie Gilbert, Fred Hellerman, Lee Hays, Huddie Ledbetter, Pete Seger, Lonnie Donegan. US mechanical royalties are collected by Folkways Music Publishers INC (100%).

Harry Belafonte

Writers

credited writers

Publishers & admins

1 collecting groups

Linked recordings

699

matched to this work

Share registered

100%

fully registered

Unclaimed

—

below 1% threshold

Who collects the mechanical royalties

US mechanical shares as registered at The MLC · each writer’s chain: writer → publisher → administrator.

Folkways Music Publishers INC 100%Folkways Music Publishers INC · 100%

Folkways Music Publishers INC 100%

- Folkways Music Publishers INC
  Folkways Music Publishers INC
  100%
Ronnie GilbertUnclaimed
Composer
No publisher collecting
Fred HellermanUnclaimed
Composer
No publisher collecting
Lee HaysUnclaimed
Composer
No publisher collecting
Huddie LedbetterUnclaimed
Composer
No publisher collecting
Pete SegerUnclaimed
Composer
No publisher collecting
Lonnie DoneganUnclaimed
Composer
No publisher collecting

Writer / Publisher / Administrator	IPI	Collected by	Role	Share
▸Writer not listed	—		—	100%
Folkways Music Publishers INC	00010456722	Folkways Music Publishers INC		100%
Ronnie Gilbert	—	No publisher collecting	Composer	Unclaimed
Fred Hellerman	—	No publisher collecting	Composer	Unclaimed
Lee Hays	—	No publisher collecting	Composer	Unclaimed
Huddie Ledbetter	—	No publisher collecting	Composer	Unclaimed
Pete Seger	—	No publisher collecting	Composer	Unclaimed
Lonnie Donegan	—	No publisher collecting	Composer	Unclaimed

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