there's a hole in my bucket
Een serie knusliedjes (mijn vertaling van feel-good-music) moet voor mijn gevoel beginnen met dit nummer, dat onvergetelijk gebracht werd door Harry Belafonte en Odetta. Dat was meteen ook de definitieve versie. Het is te vinden op de langspeelplaat Belafonte returns to Carnegie Hall with Odetta and the Chad Mitchell Trio. Op de platenhoes staat dat ze het samen geschreven hebben: “Belafonte and Odetta worked out this game for a television routine – a rarely heard side of two great artists”.
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There’s a Hole in My Bucket – Harry Belafonte en Odetta
Liza: Henry! Fetch me some water!
Henry: There’s a hole in my bucket dear Liza, dear LizaThere’s a hole in my 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 …
Liza: With a straw dear Henry …
Henry: The straw is too long …
Liza: Well, cut it dear Henry …
Henry: With what shall I cut it …
Liza: With an axe dear Henry …
Henry: The axe is too dull dear Liza …
Liza: Well, sharpen it dear Henry …
Henry: With what shall I sharpen it …
Liza: With a stone dear Henry …Henry:
The stone is too dry dear Liza …
Liza: Well, wet it dear Henry …
Henry: With what shall I wet it …
Liza: With water dear Henry …
Henry: In what shall I fetch it …
Liza: In a bucket dear Henry …
Henry: There’s a hole in my bucket, dear Liza …