Harry Belafonte - There's a Hole in the Bucket

[jgacamiu]

love this song, it reminds me of my mum! :)

[MrZetteke]

Odetta could kick my bucket anytime..

[lilsisasu]

19 people didn't fix the holes in their bucket

[oldgoat142]

Laugh myself silly every time I hear this version. Sounds like a typical marriage to me. I hear some version of this song every time I hear a really long term couple go round and round with an argument.

[jbeng1953]

one of the cleverest folk songs ever!

[CrayzieAjode]

this song cracks me up and makes me soo happy

[theclassicrockkid95]

Oh. My. God. Happiest couple ever.

__TheClassicRockKid95__

[MegaSurvivor12]

excellent logic not to work...... now its 18 people with hole in their bucket....

did you hear harry's subtle laugh..... tooo good

[Tadrith420]

@Joeguy1092 nope.. she told him how to fix it... she was not wrong, he just didn't want to plug the hole with a bigger rock to wet the stone to sharpen the axe to cut the straw to mend the bucket better then the short term stopper the bigger rock

[nickwalco]

@Tadrith420 best solution buy or borrow a bucket xD

[Tiercel5]

@nickwalco - uh, like I said before Henry is too lazy to do either one which is why there is only one bucket (the one with the hole). It is obvious that he is just making excuse after excuse to put off the work altogether.

[RussellTyroneJones]

Henry was gonna fill the bucket , but he got high

[xbexyx22]

brilliant song and i agree he was a lazy bastard ha ha

[laragabriel]

She stays admirably calm.. I would have smashed the bucket on his head by now :)

[alokemajumder]

I love this song.

[Joeguy1092]

Finally a women was wrong... THERE'S A HOLE IN THE BUCKET LIZA!!!...

[net60man]

Vet inte varför jag som liten fastnade för den här sången, men jag hittade den här och jag tycker fortfarande om den.

[AndreLil23]

wher i can find the real one?

[KCONTHATRACK]

I love this song... It's one of those classics my dad sang to me as a lullaby

[KCONTHATRACK]

I love this song.. My dad used to sing this to me when I was a toddler

[julesthemadman]

This is classic...

[ms1suburban]

i thot this was a sesame street original...lol

[MrRathduff]

Love this song :) my dad sang it to me when I was young :)

[talknah2345]

love this song

[KellyMaeMcGuire]

Hahaha! I went to a camp in the mountains and there were 2 counselors named liza and henry! they sang it to us! it was funn:) i miss that camp...

[Reno52593]

Lolllll >.<

[300tunes]

>.> *.*  <.< (Lazy)

[Kidbox45]

For a long time I thought Harry Belafonte was Irish because of this song... lol I found out last year that he was jamaican!! Whoda thought it

[tbok75]

I remember singing this in summer camp in my younger years. Never heard this before. Thanx for posting. :)

[76ansel]

tengo un problema con la imagen no veo el vídeo, alguien me puede ayudar...

[Tiercel5]

This is a perfect example of things going full circle as anyone who had heard it would realize. And yes, Henry is as lazy as heck. 

[lincsposter]

A classic song from one of the world's most underrated singers? From classic songs to this! Superb!

[captainspaulding94]

typical man complain complain complain never do their job

[loser3559]

funny as fuck

[dcjc2186]

@loser3559 this is a song for young children, why would you choose such raw language in your comment.

[loser3559]

@dcjc2186 because i can m8 ill do what i want

[cheekymonketuk]

@loser3559

Clearly a name given to you, not one you chose yourself. Social experiments like you are one of the reasons the world is like it is. Thank heavens for the likes of dcjc2186 for speaking up and putting you in your place. Oh, and your retort was nothing short of an embarrassment. Now run along little boy its probably way past your bedtime.

[loser3559]

@cheekymonketuk hahahaha your a funny person bless ya

[zippyzee]

its a song about a hole in a bucket. simpletons back in the day ftw

[dehro]

amazing how everybody still howled with laughter even though the joke was quite obvious and they knew it was coming..

[Farandahl]

I sing this to my 6 year old to wake him up in the morning. It really helps give him a fun and funny start to the day. :D

[hipp6y]

@Farandahl cool parenting dude! :D

[biologyfreak101]

what's with the chickens? is it that she's "picking" on him?

[dakarlion1]

Man smart, woman smarter? Not in this song!

[BeegotscaKes]

Oh my gosh, my Grandma used to rock me in her chair and sing this to me:)

I miss her.

[trafotevoli]

Thank god most of us have taps these days lol

[Farandahl]

I have no idea if this is how it happened, but I get the impression that while he was out of sight as she called him, he was behind the barn using an awl to put the hole in the bucket in the first place. LOL

[xhikha]

Omg i remember this song wen i was little and i used to go back home to jamaica my grandpa he used to put me on his lap and sing this to me omg brings back memories

[tngfromswe]

12 people has holes in their buckets.

[Lukergamer]

Innuendos...

[gypsiecat1]

In your face Liza

[DharmaLogos]

Thanks for posting this. I've been trying to remember the words to this song for 20 years.

[emilelentil]

SO. GOOD. 

[buttacudawey]

OMG I WUD SO KILL HIM LMAO...TALK ABOUT ANNOYING...LOL

[walaa925]

The man has a point

[queenray1]

My aunt and uncle performed this at my grandparents anniversary party, sang and played it out in costume, that was years ago, Mama and Papa gone now, both from Jamaica, Nice memories though

[macychick]

so get a new bucket!

[9SolidSnake9]

Marriages break up because of bad communication. But this song is not about bad communication, quite contrary! The French would classify this as " Vive le Difference" The God given difference between male and female thinking and logic is what is being played here. When this comes to a climax. Couples break up! That should not happen! It is the fundamental way that humans were created! Men see the holes. Women want the fix. Fact of life!

[grammyd55]

My momma used to play this song for me on request when I was a little girl. She loved Harry Belafonte and I loved this song. Great memories. Thanks for posting it!

[TheHero0ne]

this song was on my radio today,

[Chippychris1]

Brilliant!



[shacqueel]

this is some funny yo lol

[HabboNLHacker1]

Its good maiden.

[heididauwalter]

When I was a kid in the 60's we learned this song at my elementary school. In music class our teacher had the girls sing the woman's part and the boys sing the other part. I loved it. I bet the boys thought it was dumb!

[china101w]

thanks for posting haven't heard this is 50 years.

[thatluckyoldsun]

My mother used to love this song, and it's the first time I listen to it since she passed away. It makes me cry and laugh at the same time...

[Farandahl]

There's that little chuckle at 3:18 that gets me every time. I'd have killed to have been able to see this live. lol I imagine Mr. Belafonte with a gold light around him, anyone with a great sense of humor such as he displayed in singing fun, "feel good" songs like this has to be matched with an equally beautiful soul.

[pyrrho314]

@Farandahl oh hell yeah, he's also an accomplished human rights activist, he's a saint.

[TJae1]

@pyrrho314 ~ U complusive ~ insecure ~ weasel ~ inanimate object(s) & human being aren't the same ~ Re: re:: gratex, the fathead and such ~ good grief ~ now ~ would U take U serious * I did have higher hopes ~ FYI ~

[labora4best]

Haha! This shows so good the difference between the hardworking Flemish people...and the inhabitants of the south of the same country..Haha!

I worked there...so I feel I have the right to say!

Bernard

[suddamsux03]

theres a hole in the bucket pl0x fuck it

[TheElaiza]

Wonderful. By the side, my name is Elaiza.

[nellie2581]

The best Calypsonian after the Trini ones.

[ivanduvok]

yo this tune is a lick tune to rass!!!

[lathaslgs]

memories of my childhood when we siblings sang this together.  Only now we have all gone our separate ways and memories remain.

[lathaslgs]

memories of childhood when we siblings sang this together, now all of us have gone our ways and only remains..

[simonhookerable]

yehhh ,,funny shit ,,,

[loving110995]

i loved this so much when i was a kid i memorized and still know it accept the one i listenedto was a lil different the voice and speed but i still like the vid

[Mskarmain]

I did this musical drama when i was a kid at school!!

[bonzo874]

excellent !!

[krnc17]

im 17 and never heard this song before !!! but its such a well thought song

[Rhondi8]

@krnc17 Tragic for your generation.

[carmel1956]

Come to think of it, Lisa should have fixed procrastinating Henry instead (LOL)!

Loved this song when I was young. Another of my childhood favourites was 'Windmill in Old Amsterdam', the one with the mouse going clip-clippty-clop-on-the-stair­.

[theresadmcdonald]

my mother sang many a song, this was one

[sandinmyears1]

This is such a funny song.

[DrVoodooUK]

Does anybody know where i can find the 'B' side that was on the record of this ? It was called The Chicken Song

"We had some chickens, no eggs would they lay, one day a rooster, came into our yard, and caught those little chickens, right off there guard, there laying eggs now, just like they used too, ever since that rooster came into our yard !! "

[rev21v3n4]

@DrVoodooUK

It's on the Belafonte Returns to Carnegie Hall album...one of my favorites! My friend and I used this song for a test in our sign language class dressed as Mr. and Mrs. Farmer...we brought the house down!!

[billyblackattacks]

lol why was there a picture of an alien towards the end?

[sclaudia68]

Just great!

[jdgb111]

he could pee on the rock to wetten it so he can sharpen the ax to cut the straw

[jesusfreak7days]

Magnificent! Lawved it!

[LadyDeerskin]

i have to laugh-not only at the song, but it was recorded the day and year i was born! ^O^

[timsan55]

hadn't heard it for years, and it's great, thanks so much for posting it.

[Canal2Maria]

I love this song ,so funny

thanks

[rajsingharaj]

@Canal2Maria me too.

[bigman1916]

I'm sure I saw this on "The Flip Wilson Show"- -'71,'72, Am I wrong ?

[MrViking123456789]

it is great! :D and funny! :D

[scorpiorkv]

I think ... Henry is this real smart guy as opposed to what Liza thinks! ahhh nostalgic!!! never gets old!

[KTredd96]

Nice touch with the Misery photos.

[Songbird21]

The Sesame Street version of this is 1000x better.

[louswire]

50 yrs this version has endured. I hated singing this song in school... perhaps if the teacher had played the record for us to listen to, I might not have hated singing it in chorus.

this is a great and funny song now heard with older ears,,, :-)

[BTop88]

my dad made me a big mix cd and this was on it. i missded this song so much

[xwingday]

I love that song, thank you for posting it.

[kissmyarse1541]

sounds like to me Henry didn't want to go get the water,lazy ba$tard.

[queenray1]

@kissmyarse1541 This is when a man needs to be slapped, Drive the Po woman Crazy

[Rocco2793]

@kissmyarse1541 no he's smart ! :P

[SlimSadie77]

excuses excuses excuses to mannny

[Lequint7]

isnt this stolen from the dutch Dorus?

[toshirodragon]

I remember singing this in my teens and being amazed that Liza NEVER took that ax to Henry!

hahahaha!

[macchlerie]

LOL

[JakobsAccount]

It was too dull, remember? : )

[toshirodragon]

Oh true very true! hahahahaha

[chevymanchx]

makes me smile everytime

[Procrastimaster]

I knew all the words but it still made me laugh--I just wish I could see the performance!

[scorekeepn]

There's a hole in your health care

[wilsonpercussie]

childhood memories.. WOW

[EmeraldGreen652]

yes i remember hearing and seeing performed on stage.

great memories of a time past

[missemsnitchesss]

i had this on tape when i was little :)

[Joeguy1092]

@missemsnitchesss me to it had a hundred kid songs on it and it was orange.

[BenjaminWirtz]

Wow he sings this song. It's funny. I remember this from when I was younger, always thought Henry was an idiot, could never figure anything out for himself.

[Potgoose]

@BenjaminWirtz Henry was never an idiot - he's just like so many people we live and work with every day. He's the sort who finds an objection to EVERYTHING. You know the type - the ones who always have an answer as to why something CAN'T be done.

A classic folk song, brilliantly performed!

[TheElaiza]

Mitt namn är Elaiza och vilken underbar och humoristisk text det är.

[xAshtonxAddictx]

Me and my brother did this skit in when he was in 4th and i was in 1st for an elementary school talent show.. im a freshman in college and he is a junior talk about some memories coming back....

[xAshtonxAddictx]

i ment i was in 2nd

[Marlene55M]

My Friend C. and I did it being a lot older than this and still had tons and plenty of fun. You're never too old for stuff like this. Amazing.

[DJC64]

I first saw this performed by Harry Belafonte on The Flip Wildon Show some 35+ years ago.

I was recently singing it to my 7 year old daughter who really liked it so I thought I'd try to find it here on YouTube.

[IceWiz44]

Hillarious! I heard this in my hotel at my trip to Turkie..Ironicly i havnt heard this is america...

[AryaOberoi]

its a real classic..!!

[Marlene55M]

It's wonderful! Always loved it since I first heard it in the late 60's

[Marlene55M]

Have loved this song for ages, was curious about the end of this video... too bad he didn't get killed by Crazy Kathy!!! :-)

[asachildtobecome]

Oh how I loved this song with all 5 kids singing in the back! yes, for the first 5 hours.... after that, my mind slipped into... well, a bit s.kingish- like hatches, or a big hammer. Daydreaming away in blissful murderous thoughts...

That was great! What a/some creative people ... I;ll investigate.

[akshara12vasavada]

nice one . made me laugh a lot . gud job harry belafonte ..

[abbie4950]

hahaha...my dad use tease me with dis song..

[AliceXrosey]

The great Harry Belafonte made this song popular. Now it's remixed with another song currently being played on the radio.

[Dundasholes]

How did this song gain so much popularity? My music teacher sung this to us in the 80's and I've had it memorized since then but I've never actually heard it until I searched for it just now. Who wrote it and/or who made it popular?? If anyone could tell me.... would be much appreciated.

[ducexcrew]

Man I love this song. My dad and I used to sing it on car trips, except I never could remember the words so he'd have to cue me... It was still great though :)

[kity17star]

thank you

[tobobba]

I love this one..Thanks so much.

[sumanapalit]

It remembers me of my schooldays.. I love the lyrics.. :)

[ezzeane]

HAHA ! , nicccce !

[Knurlanheim]

Thanks mate, made my day :)

[scrawneystick]

I love this song, I heard it on the radio a couple of months back and thought it was brilliant and nothing's changed my mind

[sushgan]

the songs great

[Frekkhest]

My old teacher used to give us the lyrics to this song and make us sing it XD

Was about third grade

[anusunir]

i just love this song!!!

[zaaritha]

This is the best version!

[gravyfunky]

Henry really doesn't like to think for himself, does he?

[adoria5]

My mother used to sing this to me when I was little:) Thanks for the song and video:)

[johnpaulolivier]

America lost two big heroes. Why did they both gone on the same day. Rest in Peace. Ask God for more peace on world. No Rasism, no more war.

Give Peace A Change!!!

[salazar442]

i love this lmao

[Zollogal]

teeehheee

[EpicHeros]

hmmmm my grandma's record sounded different wish i could hear that version...

[hrothgleas]

This is the vinyl version I recall from the 60's...

With an AXE!

[friendofafriend187]

haaaa!! just the way I remembered it!! FANTASTIC!!

[river2walk]

HA! Ha! my mother used to sing this to us when we were kids, haven't heard it for forty years! thanks a million for posting.

[madbob5a]

@river2walk I used to lie in bed 40+ years ago, laughing my head off listening to this. The sarcasim is unbeatable!

[scladyusa]

@river2walk My mom used to sing this too . Good memories!

[anjalee156]

Nice . . . I love this one . . .

[1021CDA43]

Thanks Sc. Some great times and memories.