A Hole In The Bucket Lyrics - Sesame Street

Henry: There's a hole in the bucket, dear Liza, dear Liza, 

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

Liza: So fix it dear Henry, dear Henry, dear Henry, 

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

H: With what should I fix it, dear Liza, dear Liza, 

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

L: With a stick, dear Henry, dear Henry, dear Henry, 

With a stick, dear Henry, dear Henry, with a stick. 

H: But the stick is too big, dear Liza, dear Liza, 

The stick is too big, dear Liza, too big. 

L: So cut it dear Henry, dear Henry, dear Henry, 

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

H: With what should I cut it, dear Liza, dear Liza, 

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

L: Use the hatchet, dear Henry, dear Henry, dear Henry, 

Use the hatchet, dear Henry, the hatchet. 

H: But the hatchet's too dull, dear Liza, dear Liza, 

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

L: So, sharpen it, dear Henry, dear Henry, dear Henry, 

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

H: With what should I sharpen it, dear Liza, dear Liza, 

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

L: Use the stone, dear Henry, dear Henry, dear Henry, 

Use the stone, dear Henry, dear Henry, THE STONE!!!! 

H: But the stone is too dry, dear Liza, dear Liza, 

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

L: So wet it, dear Henry, dear Henry, dear Henry, 

So wet it dear Henry, dear Henry, WET IT! 

H: With what should I wet it, dear Liza, dear Liza, 

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

L: (moves her rocking chair over to Henry and sings fast) 

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

With water, dear Henry, dear Henry, WATER!!!!! 

H: With what should I carry it, dear Liza, dear Liza, 

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

L: (crying) 

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

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

H: Uh, Liza???? 

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

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

At this point Liza takes the chair and goes off to live with her mother which is probably what Henry wanted in the first place! 

** The original version has the bucket to be thatched with hay that ends up being too long and needs to be cut with a knife that ends up being too dull instead of the Sesame Street version that replaces this with plugging the hole with a stick that needs to be cut down because it is too big, but the hatchet ends up being too dull to do the work.