London Bridge Is Falling Down is a children's song that is part of a game. London Bridge, being a folk song, has many variations on the words and line ordering. This should be a fairly good rendering:
London Bridge is falling down, falling down, falling down.
London Bridge is falling down, my fair lady.Take a key and lock her up, lock her up, lock her up.
Take a key and lock her up, my fair lady.How will we build it up, build it up, build it up?
How will we build it up, my fair lady.Build it up with silver and gold, silver and gold, silver and gold.
Build it up with silver and gold, my fair lady.Gold and silver I have none, I have none, I have none.
Gold and silver I have none, my fair lady.Build it up with needles and pins, needles and pins, needles and pins.
Build it up with needles and pins, my fair lady.Pins and needles will bend and break, bend and break, bend and break.
Pins and needles will bend and break, my fair lady.Build it up with wood and clay, wood and clay, wood and clay.
Build it up with wood and clay, my fair lady.Wood and clay will wash away, wash away, wash away.
Wood and clay will wash away, my fair lady.Build it up with stones so strong, stones so strong, stones so strong.
Build it up with stones so strong, my fair lady.Stones so strong will last so long, last so long, last so long.
Stones so strong will last so long, my fair lady.Build it up with iron bars, iron bars, iron bars.
Build it up with iron bars, my fair lady.Iron bars will bend and break, bend and break, bend and break.
Iron bars will bend and break, my fair lady.Build it up with gravel and stones, gravel and stones, gravel and stones.
Build it up with gravel and stones, my fair lady.Gravel and stones will wash away, wash away, wash away.
Gravel and stones will wash away, my fair lady.London Bridge is falling down, falling down, falling down.
London Bridge is falling down, my fair lady.
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File date: Sunday, September 29, 2002