<Table> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> This article needs additional citations for verification . Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . Unsourced material may be challenged and removed . (March 2017) (Learn how and when to remove this template message) </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> This article needs additional citations for verification . Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . Unsourced material may be challenged and removed . (March 2017) (Learn how and when to remove this template message) </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 . But 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 . However, when Henry asks how to get the water, Liza's answer is "in a bucket". It is implied that only the leaky bucket is available, which, if it could carry water, would need no repairing in the first place . </P> <P> Henry? Oh, Henry? Yes, Liza! Did you fetch the water? Don't fetch the water...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, dear Henry, Well, fix it, dear Henry, 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 a straw, dear Henry, dear Henry, dear Henry, With a straw, dear Henry, dear Henry, with a straw . But the straw is too long, dear Liza, dear Liza, The straw is too long, dear Liza, too long . Cut it, dear Henry, dear Henry, dear Henry, Well, cut it, dear Henry, dear Henry, cut it . 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, dear Henry, With an axe, dear Henry, dear Henry, an axe . The axe is too dull, dear Liza, dear Liza, The axe is too dull, dear Liza, too dull . Sharpen it, dear Henry, dear Henry, dear Henry, Well, sharpen it, dear Henry, dear Henry, hone it . On what shall I sharpen it, dear Liza, dear Liza? On what shall I hone it, dear Liza, with what? On a stone, dear Henry, dear Henry, dear Henry, On a stone, dear Henry, dear Henry, on a stone . But the stone is too dry, dear Liza, dear Liza, The stone is too dry, dear Liza, too dry . Well, wet it, dear Henry, dear Henry, dear Henry, Well, wet it, dear Henry, dear Henry, wet it . With what shall I wet it, dear Liza, dear Liza? With what shall I wet it, dear Liza, with what? Try water, dear Henry, dear Henry, dear Henry, Try water, dear Henry, dear Henry, use water . In what shall I fetch it, dear Liza, dear Liza? In what shall I fetch it, dear Liza, in what? In a bucket, dear Henry, dear Henry, dear Henry, In a bucket, dear Henry, dear Henry, in a bucket . There's a hole in the bucket, dear Liza, dear Liza, There's a hole in the bucket, dear Liza, a hole . </P>

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