Talk:There's a Hole in My Bucket

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I just stumbled upon this page, and it was in rather bad shape. The most important thing that needs to be done is more cross-linkage to songs in this genre, along with some cleanup up the format and presentation of the page. Rctbone 01:22, 25 February 2006 (UTC)

I have cleaned up the formatting somewhat and drawn attention to the apparent lack of sense in the song. 10 April 2006. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 213.235.2.82 (talk • contribs) 10 April 2006

The song refers not to "a straw", but rather "straw" the coarse grass used for livestock bedding. By packing the hole with straw cut slightly longer than the thickness of the wooden staves of the bucket and filling the bucket with water, the fiberous straw will swell and seal the leak. b.hinson 04 April 2006 —Preceding unsigned comment added by 192.132.225.130 (talk • contribs) 20 April 2006

[edit] Context

Who originally wrote the song (and when, and where?) Who sang it? 217.155.20.163 00:03, 10 December 2006 (UTC)

It's an American Traditional childrens song, notably recorded by Pete Seeger and I think Harry Belafonte or Burl Ives (or both) had a hit record with it in the early 60's. Vera, Chuck & Dave 23:03, 10 December 2006 (UTC)

Can i use it without paying? Is it still within copyright and that? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 193.63.48.253 (talk) 15:50, 11 January 2008 (UTC)

It should be public domain, unless they added a lot of original material to their version. You wouldn't have to pay royalties on "Barbra Allen," for example. (Right? I'm not a music lawyer by any means, but since the original composer's unknown I'm fairly sure on this.) —Preceding unsigned comment added by 210.0.62.91 (talk) 14:25, 4 April 2008 (UTC)