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LONDON BRIDGE |
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Build it up with mortar and bricks, Mortar and bricks, mortar and bricks, Build it up with mortar and bricks, My fair lady.
[Then follow verses in the same style and with the same refrain, beginning with—]
Bring some water, we'll wash it away.
Build it up with silver and gold.
Silver and gold will be stolen away.
We'll set a man to watch at night.
Suppose the man should fall asleep ?
Give him a pipe of tobacco to smoke.
Suppose the pipe should fall and break ?
We'll give him a bag of nuts to crack.
Suppose the nuts were rotten and bad ?
We'll give him a horse to gallop around, &c.
—Enborne School, Berks (M. Kimber).
VIII. London Bridge is broken down, Gran says the little D, London Bridge is broken down, Fair la-dy.
Build it up with lime and stone, Gran says the little D, Build it up with lime and stone, Fair la-dy.
[Then follow verses beginning with the following lines—]
Lime and stone would waste away.
Build it up with penny loaves.
Penny loaves would be eaten away.
Build it up with silver and gold.
Silver and gold would be stolen away.
Get a man to watch all night. |
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