<Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> "There's a Hole in My Bucket" </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> Nursery rhyme </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Published </Th> <Td> circa 1700 </Td> </Tr> <P> "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 . </P>

Who wrote the song there a hole in my bucket