There's a Hole in My Bucket
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There's A Hole in My Bucket is a children's song, along the same lines as "The Song That Never Ends".
The song incorporates an infinite-loop motif. In order to fix the leaky bucket, one needs straw. To cut straw, one needs an axe. To sharpen the axe, one needs a stone. In order to wet the stone, one needs water. But when asked how one would get the water, the answer is "in a bucket" (implied to mean the only one available – the leaky bucket which, if it could carry water, wouldn't be in need of repair in the first place).
[edit] Lyrics
The opening lyrics are as follows (the most common mention Henry and Liza):
- Henry: There's a hole in the bucket, dear Liza, dear Liza, There's a hole in the bucket, dear Liza, a hole.
- Liza: Well fix it dear Henry, dear Henry, dear Henry, well fix it dear Henry, dear Henry, fix it
- Henry: With what shall I fix it, dear Liza, dear Liza, with what shall I fix it dear Liza, with what?
- Liza: With straw, dear Henry, dear Henry, dear Henry, with straw, dear Henry, dear Henry, with straw.
This goes on in the same format with different lines:
- But the straw is too long.
- Then cut it.
- With what shall I cut it?
- With an axe
- But the axe is too dull.
- Well sharpen it
- How shall I sharpen it
- With the stone
- But the stone is too dry
- Then wet it
- With what shall I wet it?
- With the water
- But I have no water
- Then get some
- With what shall I get it?
- With the bucket
- But there's a hole in the bucket...
