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    <h1>London Bridge</h1>
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(<span class="bold">notes</span>
  (date 2025-07-09)
  (category <a href="../../notes.html">literature</a>)
  (status <span class="status-evergreen">evergreen</span>)
  (confidence certain)
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  (tags poetry criticism nursery-rhymes))
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    <p class="preview">Traditional English nursery rhyme and singing game about the falling and rebuilding of London Bridge.</p>
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<p>First Recorded: 1744, in <em>Tommy Thumb's Pretty Song Book</em> (published in London by Mary Cooper).</p>
<p>London Bridge is falling down,
Falling down, falling down,
London Bridge is falling down,
My fair lady.</p>
<p>Build it up with wood and clay,
Wood and clay, wood and clay,
Build it up with wood and clay,
My fair lady.</p>
<p>Wood and clay will wash away,
Wash away, wash away,
Wood and clay will wash away,
My fair lady.</p>
<p>Build it up with bricks and mortar,
Bricks and mortar, bricks and mortar,
Build it up with bricks and mortar,
My fair lady.</p>
<p>Bricks and mortar will not stay,
Will not stay, will not stay,
Bricks and mortar will not stay,
My fair lady.</p>
<p>Build it up with iron and steel,
Iron and steel, iron and steel,
Build it up with iron and steel,
My fair lady.</p>
<p>Iron and steel will bend and bow,
Bend and bow, bend and bow,
Iron and steel will bend and bow,
My fair lady.</p>
<p>Build it up with silver and gold,
Silver and gold, silver and gold,
Build it up with silver and gold,
My fair lady.</p>
<p>Silver and gold will be stolen away,
Stolen away, stolen away,
Silver and gold will be stolen away,
My fair lady.</p>
<p>Set a man to watch all night,
Watch all night, watch all night,
Set a man to watch all night,
My fair lady.</p>
<p>Suppose the man should fall asleep,
Fall asleep, fall asleep,
Suppose the man should fall asleep?
My fair lady.</p>
<p>Give him a pipe to smoke all night,
Smoke all night, smoke all night,
Give him a pipe to smoke all night,
My fair lady.</p>
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