Lyr Req: There's a Hole in my Bucket, Dear Liza

07 Mar 00 - 03:54 PM (#191338)
Subject: A hole in the bucket /H.Belafonte, M. Ma
From: GUEST,[e-mail]

anybody knows where to find it? thanks

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07 Mar 00 - 04:07 PM (#191351)
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: A hole in the bucket /H.Belafonte, M
From: MMario

the lyrics? or the recording? the chords? the melody?

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07 Mar 00 - 05:08 PM (#191389)
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: A hole in the bucket /H.Belafonte, M
From: Amos

Although Belafonte recorded it, it is originally Dutch.

Here are the words

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07 Mar 00 - 05:50 PM (#191420)
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: A hole in the bucket /H.Belafonte, M
From: GUEST,Diesel

Is this the song that goes - There's in the bucket,dear Liza,dear Liza...... Well fix it dear Henry,dear Henry ??

I'm sure I can come up with the rest if so !

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07 Mar 00 - 06:04 PM (#191426)
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: A hole in the bucket /H.Belafonte, M
From: Jon Freeman

I am not arguing with you Amos as I haven't a clue over its origins but http://www.musicanet.org/robokopp/usa/dearliza.htm suggests that it is tradational German. The melody is also different to the version (?Belafonte) that I remember.

Jon

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07 Mar 00 - 06:08 PM (#191429)
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: A hole in the bucket /H.Belafonte, M
From: Abby Sale

It's in the database. Mre important than that, if anyone comes up with any other truly circular songs, pleasy let me know. There's "Tree in the Hole" (called "The Everlasting Circle" in the UK - the final return part tends to be dropped in the US.) but I can't think of any others. Real songs, I mean, & truly circular. It's a pagan religious thing, you see. Jewish & Christian tend to see life as hierarchical-increasing-straight line. From the lowest to the highest. Life cycle stuff is cyclical, not circular - birth to death to next generation. But circular is different. Anyway, please think on it.

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07 Mar 00 - 06:37 PM (#191437)
Subject: ADD Version: There's a Hole in the Bucket
From: GUEST,Diesel

From what I remember - it goes something like;

There's a hole in the bucket Dear Liza, Dear Liza
There's a hole in the bucket Dear Liza - a hole !

Well fix it dear Henry Dear Henry
Well fix it dear Henry - fix it

With what shall I fix it Dear Liza , Dear Liza
With what shall I fix it Dear Liza , with what ?

With straw Dear Henry Dear Henry
With straw Dear Henry - with Straw

With what shall I cut it Dear Liza Dear Liza
With what shall I cut it dear Liza - with what ?

With an axe Dear Henry Dear Henry
With an axe Dear Henry - an Axe !

There's no edge on the axe Dear Liza Dear Liza
There's no edge on the axe Dear Liza - no edge !

Well sharpen it Dear Henry Dear Henry
Well sharpen it Dear Henry - shrpen it !

With what shall I sharpen it with Dear Liza Dear Liza
With what shall I sharpen it with Dear Liza - with what ?

With a stone Dear Henry Dear Henry
With a stone Dear Henry - a stone !

But the stone's too dry Dear Liza Dear Liza
But the stone's too dry Dear Liza - too dry !

Well wet it Dear Henry Dear Henry
Well wet it Dear Henry - wet it !

With what shall I wet it Dear Liza Dear Liza
With what shall I wet it Dear Liza - with what ?

With Water Dear Henry Dear Henry
With Water Dear Henry - Water !

With what shall I fetch it Dear Liza Dear Liza
With what shall I fetch it Dear Liza - with what ?

In a bucket Dear Henry Dear Henry
In a bucket Dear Henry - a bucket !

There's a Hole in the Bucket Dear Liza Dear Liza
There's a Hole in the Bucket Dear Liza - a hole !

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07 Mar 00 - 07:41 PM (#191464)
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: A hole in the bucket /H.Belafonte, M
From: bob schwarer

Got a rendering of this by Odetta.

Bob S.

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07 Mar 00 - 07:42 PM (#191466)
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: A hole in the bucket /H.Belafonte, M
From: Bugsy

There's another couple of lines about the straw which go:

But the straw is too long, Dear Liza, Dear Liza, the straw is to long, Dear Liza, too long.

Then cut it, Dear Henry...................etc.

Cheers

Bugsy

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08 Mar 00 - 03:49 PM (#192011)
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: A hole in the bucket /H.Belafonte, M
From: GUEST,roslu

visto che è possibile tradurre, scrivo nella mia lingua,per dire grazie di cuore a tutti per l'aiuto. Essendo la mia prima volta sono emozionato, e debbo dire che è grandioso oltre ogni limite quello che la rete rende possibile. Cara Abby Sale, penserò certamente a quello che hai scritto e cercherò qualche canzone 'circolare' e te lo farò sapere. Ciao a tutti.

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08 Mar 00 - 08:18 PM (#192167)
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: A hole in the bucket /H.Belafonte, M
From: Abby Sale

E ciao posteriore voi.

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09 Mar 00 - 04:59 AM (#192367)
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: A hole in the bucket /H.Belafonte, M
From: Wolfgang

Wasn't 'Pennsylvania Dutch' actually a German dialect? The dialect in the DT database is an old German dialect. However, in the North of Germany some dialects (Frisian) are quite close to the Frisian dialects of Dutch. 'Wenn der Topf aber nun ein Loch hat' is printed in the 1911 'Zupfgeigenhansel' with the notes that it has been taken from an older book (no date given) and that it is found 'all over Germany'. There's another song, 'Ein Loch ist im Eimer', that is quite close in lyrics and story but has a completely different tune. The differences between these two closely related German songs are the same as the differences between the version in the database and the version Diesel has posted. I'm sure that the tune in the database is the older one of the two tunes with which the song is known.

Wolfgang

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09 Mar 00 - 07:24 AM (#192380)
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: A hole in the bucket /H.Belafonte, M
From: GUEST,Penny S. (elsewhere)

When I learned it it was Georgie who moaned to Lisa.

Penny

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25 Jun 01 - 10:45 AM (#491362)
Subject: Lyr Add: THERE'S A HOLE IN MY BUCKET
From: IanC

For GUEST: Simpleminded

THERE'S A HOLE IN MY BUCKET

There's a hole in my bucket, dear Liza, dear Liza.
There's a hole in my bucket, dear Liza, a hole

Go fix it, dear Henry, dear Henry
Go fix it, dear Henry, fix it

With what shall I fix it, deat Liza . . . with what
With a straw, dear Henry . . . with a straw

But the straw is too long . . . too long
Well cut it . . . cut it

With what shall I cut it . . . with what
With an axe . . . with an axe

The axe is too dull . . . too dull
Well sharpen it . . . hone it

On what shall I sharpen it
on what shal I hone it . . . on what

Whit a stone . . . with a stone
The stone is too dry . . . too dry

Well wet it . . . wet it
with what shall I wet it . . . with what

Try water . . . use water
In wath shall I fetch it . . . in what

With a bucket . . . with a bucket
There's a hole in my bucket . . . a hole . . .

Cheers!
Ian

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25 Jun 01 - 10:57 AM (#491379)
Subject: RE: Lyr Add: There's a hole in my bucket
From: pavane

Are there many of these 'circular' or catch-22 songs? 'Where have all the flowers gone' is the only other one which springs to mind immediately.

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25 Jun 01 - 10:59 AM (#491381)
Subject: RE: Lyr Add: There's a hole in my bucket
From: MMario

some versions of "rattlin' bog" can be circular - and there are a few more. There aren't that many of them.

(now - based on past experience - several mudcatters will come along and post multiple examples to prove me wrong. or at least we can hope.)

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25 Jun 01 - 11:01 AM (#491383)
Subject: RE: Lyr Add: There's a hole in my bucket
From: Mrrzy

My favorite version of this, by Ed McCurdy:

There's a hole in my bucket, dear Liza, dear Liza.
There's a hole in my bucket, dear Liza, a hole

Well mend it, dear Henry, dear Henry, dear Henry, well mend it, dear Henry, dear Henry, mend it

With what shall I mend it, deat Liza . . . with what
Well, mend it with straw, dear Henry . . . with straw

But the straw will fall out. . .
Well mend it with butter...

But the butter will melt...
Then take it to the tinsmith...

But the tinsmith costs money...
Oh well, then, don't bother...
I'll mend it myself!

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25 Jun 01 - 11:02 AM (#491385)
Subject: RE: Lyr Add: There's a hole in my bucket
From: Mrrzy

John Jacon Jingleheimer Smith comes around... so does the Flyndians, my sister's old elementary school song in Chicago...

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25 Jun 01 - 11:07 AM (#491391)
Subject: RE: Lyr Add: There's a hole in my bucket
From: IanC

I think some versions of "The House that Jack Built" can be circular, and there's another just out of reach of my (clearly befuddled) brain ... sorry can't think of it right now.

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25 Jun 01 - 11:09 AM (#491395)
Subject: RE: Lyr Add: There's a hole in my bucket
From: pavane

Mrrzy - your version illustrates the point I just made in another thread (Outlandish Knight), that the original punch line of the joke has been lost, and it is no longer a circular song.

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23 Feb 05 - 07:19 PM (#1419024)
Subject: RE: Lyr Add: There's a hole in my bucket
From: GUEST,chrisnor

NRK (Norwegian broadcasting), on a late night music request radio show has played a version of this with Harry Bellefonte and a female singer (forget who) singinging this in consert. It was requested several times over a period of several days. As a beside, Burl Ives singing Jeanie with the Light Brown Hair was on the hit charts here (Norway) several years ago.

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24 Feb 05 - 08:09 AM (#1419460)
Subject: RE: Lyr Add: There's a hole in my bucket
From: Snuffy

IIRC Belafonte duetted with Odetta

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28 Mar 06 - 02:24 PM (#1704872)
Subject: RE: Lyr Add: There's a hole in my bucket
From: GUEST

I heard there is a old old version with 19 verses.......
Wonder where the song came from?

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01 Apr 06 - 10:16 AM (#1708180)
Subject: RE: Lyr Add: There's a hole in my bucket
From: Wolfgang

There is a German version of that song, but I don't know which came first.

Wolfgang

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19 May 08 - 05:10 AM (#2344205)
Subject: RE: Origins: 'There's a hole in my bucket, dear Liza'
From: GUEST,pete lawrence

What are the guitar chords for ¨Theres a hole in my bucket.... ¨
many thanks..........

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