There's a Hole in My Bucket
(source: "The Worm Song and Other Tasty Tunes", Janet Wilson, 1993.;
also found in "The Kids' Campfire Book", Jane Drake and Ann Love, Kids
Can Press, 1996.)
- Liza: Henry! Fetch me some water!
Henry: There's a hole in my bucket dear Liza, dear Liza
- There's a hole in my 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 ...
- Liza: With a straw dear Henry ...
- Henry: The straw is too long ...
- Liza: Well, cut it dear Henry ...
- Henry: With what shall I cut it ...
- Liza: With an axe dear Henry ...
- Henry: The axe is too dull dear Liza ...
- Liza: Well, sharpen it dear Henry ...
- Henry: With what shall I sharpen it ...
- Liza: With a stone dear Henry ...
- Henry: The stone is too dry dear Liza ...
- Liza: Well, wet it dear Henry ...
- Henry: With what shall I wet it ...
- Liza: With water dear Henry ...
- Henry: In what shall I fetch it ...
- Liza: In a bucket dear Henry ...
- Henry: There's a hole in my bucket, dear Liza ...