Yea my buckets got a hole in it Yea my buckets got a hole in it
Yea my buckets got a hole in it I can't buy no beer.

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

Yea my buckets got a hole in it Yea my buckets got a hole in it
Yea my buckets got a hole in it I can't buy no beer.

Well I went upon the mountain I looked down in the sea
I seen the crabs and the fishes Doin the be bop be.

Yea my buckets got a hole in it Yea my buckets got a hole in it
Yea my buckets got a hole in it I can't buy no beer.

Well there ain't no use of me workin so hard
When I got a woman in the boss man's yard.

Yea my buckets got a hole in it Yea my buckets got a hole in it
Yea my buckets got a hole in it I can't buy no beer.

Well me and my baby we just bought a Ford
And now we sit together on the running board.

Yea my buckets got a hole in it Yea my buckets got a hole in it
Yea my buckets got a hole in it I can't buy no beer.