Hole In the Bucket

Culchahworks' take on the old-tyme classic. From the production "Belafonte @ 90"
"Liza" - Jackie Richardson
"Henry" - Jay Douglas
Musicians:
steel pan - Andrew Craig
guitar - Richard Grossman
bass - Marc Rogers
percussion -
drums - Marito Marques
Conceived and directed by Andrew Craig
Head of Video - Jeremy Hood
Director of Photography - Ricardo Diaz
videographers - Glenford Samuels, Jeremy Hood
Audio recording - Andrew Craig
Production Manager - Terry Queeley/Q Ideas
Stage Manager & Properties - Paul Shaw
Assistant Stage Manager - Joan Pierre
Makeup - Sue Upton
Costume Design - Tamara Kucheran
Recorded February 2017 at the Pia Bouman School for Dance and Creative Movement
©2017 Culchahworks Arts Collective. All rights reserved.

[@jacquelinecrabb6088]

Haven’t heard this song in decades 😂. Well done 🥰👍🏻🕊🙏

[@marilynnjefferson8525]

First time in 40 years that I’ve heard it, but never before was it half as good as this. Absolutely perfect! ❤️❤️

[@1tonyboat]

Do you remember `There was a old lady who swallowed a fly ` about the same time 👍👍

[@denisepeters7220]

My Grandfather used to sing this song to my cousins and I when we were kids over fifty years ago.

[@carolinejuric5451]

My sister & I used to sing this while doing housework every Saturday. Mom insisted that the house was cleaned top to bottom every Saturday. So we'd divide the chores & do call & response from our separate corners. Fun!😅

[@rosemariegabriel4456]

😂

[@sarahmiller5632]

I still sing this song from when I was a kid in the 50’s. These two were brilliant. I laughed out loud.

[@cornishmaid9138]

I sing it to my grandchildren, along with another old favourite, Hello mother - Hello father. And, just sometimes, one of them spontaneously sings these old treasures. Bless. Can’t beat the old ones. 🥳😀

[@vedadalsette1453]

Me, too!

[@miniward9182]

So do I and also was a kid in the 1950s How time flies ‘Hole 🕳️in the B🪣t ‘😂 Harry Belafonte when he was young.👀

[@leighsanchez481]

Absolutely brilliant, I have not heard this since I was a kid. Well done.

[@Serene3574]

Just his hand gestures are brilliant to tell the story. Fun!

[@jamesroyce1845]

Poor Henry and poor suffering Liza. Great rendition of a fun classic.

[@shirleysaldanha5056]

Oh those golden days...brings back sweet childhood memories...one of my dad's favourites 💐💖💖

[@1812nico]

There can hardly be a more brilliant performance of this old song. Well done you two!

[@MrStatistik]

Every now and then I watch this and it improves my mood immediately. Aren't we men all like the old guy? Perhaps except for one son-in-law I have, who is a role model in everything. Definitely I am just like the old man ..

[@frankramirez8618]

I enjoyed Liza, Henry and the music.

[@nancymacdonald8968]

These 2 did a wonderful job with this old song...excellent 👏

[@dianagoveia5643]

I loved this song when I was a child. I now sing it to my young grandsons. Beautiful!!

[@yasserqabbary5461]

Ditto

[@deanframe9095]

Me 2!

[@madwhitehare3635]

Bless you! It’s grannies like us that are keeping the gift of song alive! There is nothing more soothing to a child than a singing voice, especially directed towards them in particular. My little grandson used to listen rapt when I sang Under The Bamboo Tree to him… “ cos I luv a you and luv a you true and if you will luv a me…” Now he’s 18 and in the British Army and he remembers… Grannies rock! X

[@e.conboy4286]

What a delight to have this unintentionally pop up! It’s been 80+ years since I’ve heard it but I’ve never forgotten it!

[@lesleywilbourne7823]

This was one of my favourite songs as a kid. I haven’t heard it in years and never seen it performed like this - absolutely brilliant 👏👏👏👏👏

[@caraciol-ff6gj]

Simplicity and innocence are the essence of this Gem.Took me down memory lane.

[@kalyanp5504]

Old Classic! Beautifully enacted.

[@mwroysan]

I played the Harry Belafonte version to my 11 yr old Grandson the other day. He simply loves it. Sings it all day. Quality is timeless... 👍🏻👍🏻👌🏻👌🏻

[@mariellouise1]

Our Dad use to sing this when we were kids! 💕 We could see that that last verse coming! ✨💖✨

[@dawsie]

😹😹😹this reminded me of the days before my first marriage went sour, his name was Henry and when he came over to help with some work in the yard for my parents, Mom asked him to grab the bucket which he did and turned around and asked if we had another bucket as it had a hole, well Dad and I just could not help ourselves and we broke out singing this song😹😹😹😹

[@mrwaterschoot5617]

as a henry waterschoot i remember some jack and jill going up the hill to fetch a pail of water. today i remember a joe and jill biden going to capital hill in the west wing to pour water on the fire hunter biden started wit crack and other cocaine. time for the bidens to quit getting covid 19 in a covid 23 world. smoking joe biden smoked some of hunters political dino mite with j j walker.

[@antisuz183]

My primary school choir performed this in the mid 1960's. It was such a hit that all the surrounding schools invited us perform at their school concerts. I'm from South Africa and was approximately 11 years old then.

[@christienelson1437]

A child’s problem solving song. I always loved this song because it is full of humor and teaches us to troubleshoot our own problems because we can do it.💕🙏💕🙏

[@thejaxter6384]

I remember this from when I was about 2ft tall! I'm now 65 and its one of the songs I sing to my granddaughter. She loves it!😊

[@Sparky68M]

I loved this song when I was a kid back in the 50's

[@libbylibby1044]

I still do.

[@julieisthatart]

I am so happy to have this show up. It was a childhood memory I had totally lost. It was sung and acted out at our church summer camp with the boys doing Henry and the girls Liza and our fearless camp counselor Hank leading and doing the rhythm on his big barrel chest. We would laugh so hard. Especially when Henry asked what to cut the straw with. We were country kids and knew very well that straws we utterly useless as stoppers, and of course could easily be broken with a fingernail. We had no idea anyone outside our church camping summer kids even knew this song.

[@motikellner6974]

I went to Summer Camp in North Carolina, in the 1960s, we sang this song there.

[@davidwilliams2351]

My wife suffers from dementia and I can really feel for Henry and Liza, watching a loved one deteriorate is the hardest thing in the world. This brilliant performance made an old man weep.

[@charlesmolt7706]

i in the same situtation. My wife is have issues with memory

[@PrDrAbbud]

I always with a real love 💕!

[@accintervigilant3565]

Learnt this song back in thee late sixties ,my grand aunt always used to sing.we learnt it and sang it on our way to the river to get water.those were beautiful days.Thanks for wonderful memories

[@pamjohnson-mi3bq]

Oh what memories......we sang this in first grade.....I was 5 yrs old and I am 66 now.....this is priceless...thank you for sharing ☺️

[@oreogiri]

Hadn’t heard this song in decades,...at 64 old memories came flooding. Should try to sing this to my grandsons and see how they will like it. Thank you for the brilliant performance.

[@oreogiri]

And I followed up and watched the song with the grandees. Reaction? They had watched the cartoon version already and older one said " I can't understand the problem ajji. (My language for granny). He could have bought a new bucket" .....😐😖

[@carolinejuric5451]

​@@oreogiri😂

[@geordie114]

My aunty gave this song in 1961 I was 6.Even then I thought the singers `Harry Belafonte and Odetta hit it off briliantly and so funny live on stage.I know the words even to this day.

[@annavg7294]

❤️

[@agneslondon7763]

I heard him sing this song with Miriam Makeeba

[@azharzaidi3264]

I remember every word too. Such an amazing song. Odetta and Harry Belafonte are truly great.

[@QuakerLady]

My favorite version. Hard to beat Belafonte and Odetta.

[@brendarico715]

I remember my grandma singing this song to me rocking me to sleep. Now in walking just like that little man. 🥰

[@e.conboy4286]

So am I, darlin’!

[@paulawange8950]

Wow!. Heard this song in my childhood so many years ago, now seeing a real version.

[@amymoolman2446]

Yeah except it wasn't blackwashed

[@toddrodgers5108]

What a wonderful song . From magnificent people . Blessings

[@marinavanzon5118]

I showed this to my grandson of 3 years, he loved it. And so did I. Great performance

[@onehipdad]

We taught it to our 4 year old and he would do the whole thing by himself perfectly. He went on to have a rewarding experience in drama in HS and is now Director of Advertising for KFC, 37 next month.

[@grahamjohnbarr]

Brilliant acting to an amazing old song from my childhood. Thank you

[@rolffigueiredo3786]

The acting is classic. The music is beautiful. I first heard this back in the 60’s…. It still holds a place in my heart ♥️

[@marynolan9930]

Always loved this song thank you for sharing it again after so many years.❤😊😅

[@terisimpson1915]

Great performance!!! 👏 Bravo!!! 👏 5 generations of my family sang this great song. Thank you!

[@Unvmeblonde]

Omg! I want to see this in person so bad!!! One of my favorite songs! And reminds me of my parents 🤣🤣

[@jemainecolato-lopez8979]

I appreciate this art I remember this song from childhood 😊

[@carolroberts4614]

Same here, I will be seventy this year and I still remember my mum singing this.

[@lelu1687]

Oh my!!! What a memory!!! Thanks for posting👍🥰

[@rollandnewcomb5524]

Love the steel drums in this version!

[@susanthomson1473]

Had enormous fun trying to teach this song to a group of nursery children.

[@cornishmaid9138]

Best version EVER. Bravo. Wonderful performance. 🙂🙂🙂🙂

[@gregjohnson720]

Brilliant performance, actors and the drummer!

[@peterward8630]

Yes,I agree. All the band. Laid back Calypso?

[@maryannemaccri704]

Haven't heard this in years!!!! Love it!

[@MrJoegurung]

Wow! Our teachers performed this on stage on Children's Day. This was during the 60s!

[@yasserqabbary5461]

My teacher also at MGS Alexandria Egypt sing that for us in the class on 1972 then she ask us to perform it as Boys ( Henry ) & Girls ( Liza ) we all enjoy it very much ..... The words were a bit different

[@gusmonster59]

My mother had this on tape with Harry Belafonte and Odetta. I loved it and you can hear them trying not to laugh at certain.

[@bmcc12]

With my wife and I both near eighty years old, this is an accurate portrayal of our everyday life!

[@CalebAchsah]

@bmcc 12 - Congratulations to you and your wife for surviving life, and welcome to the Old Folks Pre-Dementia Revue!

[@winkiblue.com1958]

When jamaican music had class.. when i was a boy ❤

[@tmduke55221]

My brain has been racing all day I have been trying to slow it down and then this came along and helped greatly to slow it down, the music was relaxing, and Liza and Henry was fun to watch and made smile.

[@madwhitehare3635]

tmduke……in Heaven all that is not music is silence….😘

[@imperiumregalis4193]

LOVED THIS! Great job by the musicians and the actor and actress!!!!

[@rohintonbatiwala6731]

Good one

[@marianilsson4520]

Lovely

[@carolsmart5223]

Loved it takes me back to listening to the radio and child hood - brilliant

[@zl2ady1]

Brilliant.I love the actors and that most unique band.

[@charleswhinney3008]

Back in the seventies when partying this was the party piece of myself and friend Joyce Happy memories many thanks.

[@susanleggieri2342]

One of my favorites from childhood!

[@shehnaazmoosa3895]

Old is definitely Gold. Funny and easy. To sing for anyone,child or adult without worrying what are the lyrics. Nothing to currupt the young mind. Me sweet memories

[@piggybonny]

My childhood days. Love those days.

[@homeatlastfarm1]

We used to sing this song in my grade school music class waaaay back in the 1970s! Good to hear it again after all these years!

[@catherinebrodie3067]

This song is just so amazing i haven't heard this song for many years, IT'S so great to hear it again. LOVE IT.THANKYOU. 😂😂😂

[@marysatin2080]

It is a blessing to hear the lovely song❤❤❤😊

[@vickinoeske1154]

We used to sing this song when we were kids. We loved it. I've been trying to remember all of the lyrics.❤ Thank you.😊

[@oceansams5886]

I looove this song! The couple is an enjoyable act. Thumps up

[@marygeorgiadou8995]

Oh my God I really feel so emotional after hearing this song for a second time after watching a duo of students performing on the school s stage some over 40 years ago Thank you very much❤❤❤

[@sharonneethling2243]

Oh my word 😮 I remember this song. As kids we sang this all the time. Oh wat good memories this brings. Love it ❤

[@bebebutterfield7699]

I loved this movie as a child and I loved Harry Belafonte!

[@martinatravers330]

Thank you for sharing this. I love it. Took me back to my childhood. ❤❤

[@wendyh3891]

I have the LP of Nina & Frederick singing this! Thank you for this version

[@mayakerkar5151]

This was performed in my school during the annual gathering 60 yrs ago. Got goosebumps hearing it after so many yrs

[@davidtyndall8880]

I am 77 now but remember this song from my childhood, although I can't remember where or how I heard it.

[@stevenwebb7936]

Watched this countless times! Love every second of it! 💖💖💖💖💖💖

[@dennisotieno6830]

😂😂 A troubleshooting song, brilliantly executed ❤ Congratulations ❤

[@MSYNGWIE12]

He's SO adept- I feel FATIGUE! Inspite of the "catchy" steel drums making me want to dance- jump in the line! Namaste from Canada

[@trueaussie9230]

Salam Alaikum from Aus.

[@janetmcnichol-fowler4904]

I love this song. Had us rooted to the spot when Harry Belefonte was trying to fill the bucket. Hilarious. First heard it on the radio.

[@froozen1]

I heard Harry Belafonte and Odetta perform this back in the 60s. Hearing this brings it all back. 😊

[@CarolynRessel]

I could dance all night love the music and the people omg ♥️♥️♥️

[@ladyp3531]

In all my years still can’t figure out why Liza didn’t just fix the bucket herself. 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@valrielyttle7722]

Liza was busy sewing

[@dy6682]

Same here!

[@MacSherry]

If Liza had fixed the bucket No Story!

[@fairlyvague82]

Because fixing things is ‘man’s work’ 🤣

[@ranjanavig1999]

😂

[@pavitrajaimungal1889]

I heard this song when I was a child. Good stage acting. Nice music.

[@robertheinrichvonseyfenste267]

know this song for many, many years but never heard it with Caribean music... LOVE IT!!!

[@tthappyrock368]

My dad taught me this song when I was in middle school. It became an earworm for my mom!

[@anaghaahire1635]

I am so glad that I can listen to all these songs which I enjoyed as a kid....

[@abbasjina8041]

It reminds me of the lovely years when growing up in a small country town.

[@christinestromberg4057]

I remember the song from my childhood, sung by Harry Belafonte. Nice to see this version.

[@JCMoral-wc4fm]

I remember this song being played in Listener Choice of All India Radio as a kid the only English channel playing western music from 9.30 pm to 11.00 pm after decades i am able to listen to it thank you for uploading ,now that i am in late seventies i still enjoy listening🤣😀😂

[@charlieschembri9237]

Awesome song of my childhood

[@nocopyme84634744]

Like so many others that can think back to a time that we were young kids and most likely sang this song a school camp, to me bring back fun and joyful time in my life were there was not the problems that adult life has now.

[@anthonykeller5120]

This is my first time hearing this. Absolutely captivating. Thank you.

[@alfredmelchior8154]

I happened to listen this song as a teenager some 50 years ago. Radio Sri Lanka was a favourite station here in South India in the 60s. The song had a distinct gentre that caught my attention. It reaches one to to solve problems for themselves !

[@elizabethcampo1112]

Odetta filled Carnage Hall more than once. She brings smiles to my old wrinkled face.

[@olayinkasanni8191]

Very relaxing evergreen! Thanks 🎉❤🎉🌹💕

[@claudiaschmidt446]

What a great performance.❤❤❤

[@zufanlemma2142]

First time hearing this song and I loved it!! Everything about the good old days is just Pure and innocent!

[@blaq9616]

This song used to ne played in art class and i didn't know it's name I'm so glad i found it.i just love it,tatally gets me in the art mood

[@onehipdad]

We saw an elderly couple perform it with no accompaniment about 30 years ago at a conference dinner in Victoria BC. Fond memories!

[@cliffordmarkell40]

What it's like to be old I know I am

[@cliffordmarkell40]

How beautiful and wonderful

[@cliffordmarkell40]

80 years old I understand how beautiful people solve problems when they're old

[@MsSSnow]

Very lovely cover of this song. Thank you!

[@emilyb1385]

I watched the whole thing and it brought me much joy.

[@ryanbrush5244]

Awesome

[@maureenmoran5465]

Made smile so many memories of my childhood thank you 🙏

[@takallummbaig8027]

Nostalgic childhood memory...fabulous

[@warmhandswarmheart]

We used to sing this song in music class in elementary school. Mrs Hobbs taught hundreds of children in that small village. My mother taught in the same school. 29 years in the same room teaching the same grade. She was teaching the second generation of students when she retired. I was in her first class in that school.

[@brendarico715]

Love the background music

[@stephandharkahit7249]

Yes I heard this funny hilarious song. Now am watching it in KZbin.

[@janseary]

Harry Belafonte used to sing this with Odetta. Loved it!

[@robertshand1944]

Wonderful rendition - love them all🙂

[@mkenya9953]

Old is Gold, I loved the song when I was a child.

[@gundulableick-kuhne4288]

Thank you very much for this very thoughtful performance ❤️ I’m a 67 years old German and I know the song since my childhood in the 50th. I also know the text in German language 🤗🙋🏼‍♀️ So sorry for my horrible English 🥺🤷‍♀️🙋🏼‍♀️

[@eannh4928]

I recall singing this in music class ages ago...all the girls doing the Liza part, the guys doing Henry.

[@jainra]

Software Engineer here. Just searched the term "Hole in the bucket" for a problem I'm trying to solve. Really should not have done that, because I'll just create a leak in the memory.

[@trishatoby8923]

😆