"My Bucket's Got a Hole in It" Lyrics

(Clarence Williams)

Yeah, my bucket's got a hole in it
Yeah, my bucket's got a hole in it
Yeah, my bucket's got a hole in it
I can't buy no beer.

Well, I'm standing on the corner
With a bucket in my hand
I'm a waitin' for a woman
That ain't got no man.

'Cause my bucket's got a hole in it
Yeah, my bucket's got a hole in it
Yeah, my bucket's got a hole in it
I can't buy no beer.

Well, I went up on a mountain
I looked down in the sea
I seen the crabs and the fishes
Doin' the be-bop-bee.

'Cause my bucket's got a hole in it
Yeah, my bucket's got a hole in it
Yeah, my bucket's got a hole in it
I can't buy no beer.

Well, it ain't no use
For me working so hard
When I got a woman
In the bossman's yard.

'Cause my bucket's got a hole in it
Yeah, my bucket's got a hole in it
Yeah, my bucket's got a hole in it
I can't buy no beer.

Well, me and my baby
We bought a Ford
And now we sit together
On the running board.

Yeah, my bucket's got a hole in it
Yeah, my bucket's got a hole in it
Yeah, my bucket's got a hole in it
I can't buy no beer...