"The Hole in the Ground" is a comic song written by Myles Rudge and composed by Ted Dicks.

When recorded by Bernard Cribbins and released by EMI on the Parlophone label in 1962, it was a number nine hit in the UK Singles Chart.

[2][3][4] The musical accompaniment was directed by Gordon Franks, and the producer was George Martin.

The song is about a dispute between a workman digging a hole and an officious busybody wearing a bowler hat.

Noël Coward, who wrote many comic songs himself, chose the record as one of his Desert Island Discs.