jim henson as henry and rita moreno sang my bucket got a hole in it.
who sang my bucket got a hole in it?
jim henson as henry and rita moreno
a rendering (1927) by tom gates and his orchestra (on gennett 6184) as "the bucket's got a hole in it" gives writing credit to musicians lee blevins and victor sells. this version predates the c. williams copyright. the original melody evolved from the second theme of "long lost blues" published in 1914 by j. paul wyer and h. alf kelley. the "long lost blues" theme was a variation of "bucket's got a hole in it", a motif that appears in several versions of "keep a-knockin". this tune later became the basis for several versions of the song, "you can't come in" recorded by multiple artists. however, "bucket's got a hole in it" has also been attributed to buddy bolden, which would date it before 1906. as one critic noted, hank williams "could have been given this ditty to record, [but] he may have been familiar with this ditty from previous recordings or had heard it while growing up in alabama."
my bucket's got a hole in it
"there's a hole in my bucket" (or "...in the bucket") is a children's song, based on a dialogue between two characters, called henry and liza, about a leaky bucket. the song describes a deadlock situation: henry has a leaky bucket, and liza tells him to repair it. to fix the leaky bucket, he needs straw. to cut the straw, he needs an axe. to sharpen the axe, he needs to wet the sharpening stone. to wet the stone, he needs water. but to fetch water, he needs the bucket, which has a hole in it.





























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there's a hole in my bucket