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“There’s a hole in the bucket, dear Liza...”

https://youtube.com/watch?v=zYY6Q4nRTS4

Probably a timeless phenomenon. But I wouldn’t be as good as Henry. I’d take the bucket to the well and eventually shout back up the way, “there’s a hole...!”

(What do you think he needed the water for anyway?)

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In Mr. Belafonte’s live recording of it, Dear Liza asks Henry to fetch the water before he starts singing. What she needs it for could be any number of household uses - cooking, cleaning (oneself or dishes or floors), laundry…