Does anyone know how the kid's song 'There a hole in the bucket, Dear Lyza' end?

Answer 1

It doesn't. 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). It's been compared to "The Song That Never Ends".



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...


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Answer 2

well I believe Liza and the narrator go back and forth, kind of arguing about the worst that could happen to them due to this hole in their bucket, but alas I cannot remember the actual lyrics.

I do remember that a couple of Sesame Street muppets did a version of this tune also, featuring a muppet dressed as an old man on a porch of a decrepit farmhouse somewhere in the country.

Answer 3

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

So fix it dear Henry, dear Henry, dear Henry,
So fix it dear Henry, dear Henry, fix it.

With what should I fix it, dear Liza, dear Liza,
With what should I fix it, dear Liza, with what?

With straw, dear Henry, dear Henry, dear Henry,
With straw, dear Henry, dear Henry, with straw.

But the straw is too long, dear Liza, dear Liza,
The straw is too long, dear Liza, too long.

So cut it dear Henry, dear Henry, dear Henry,
So cut it dear Henry, dear Henry, cut it!

With what should I cut it, dear Liza, dear Liza,
With what should I cut it, dear Liza, with what?

Use the hatchet, dear Henry, dear Henry, dear Henry,
Use the hatchet, dear Henry, the hatchet.

But the hatchet's too dull, dear Liza, dear Liza,
The hatchet's too dull, dear Liza, too dull.

So, sharpen it, dear Henry, dear Henry, dear Henry,
So sharpen it dear Henry, dear Henry, sharpen it!

With what should I sharpen it, dear Liza, dear Liza,
With what should I sharpen, dear Liza, with what?

Use the stone, dear Henry, dear Henry, dear Henry,
Use the stone, dear Henry, dear Henry, the stone.

But the stone is too dry, dear Liza, dear Liza,
The stone is too dry, dear Liza, too dry.

So wet it, dear Henry, dear Henry, dear Henry,
So wet it dear Henry, dear Henry, wet it.

With what should I wet it, dear Liza, dear Liza,
With what should I wet it, dear Liza, with what?

With water, dear Henry, dear Henry, dear Henry,
With water, dear Henry, dear Henry, water.

With what should I carry it, dear Liza, dear Liza,
With what should I carry it dear Liza, with what?

Use the bucket dear Henry, dear Henry, dear Henry,
Use the bucket, dear Henry, dear Henry, the bucket!

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