The Traditional Games of England, Scotland, and Ireland Volume I Part 79

If that dog should run away, Grant said the little bee, If that dog should run away, Where I'd be.

Give that dog a bone to pick, Grant said the little bee, Give that dog a bone to pick, Where I'd be.

-Belfast, Ireland (W. H. Patterson).

II. London Bridge is broken down, Dance o'er my lady lee, London Bridge is broken down, With a gay lady.

How shall we build it up again?

Dance o'er my lady lee, How shall we build it up again?

With a gay lady.

Silver and gold will be stole away, Dance o'er my lady lee, Silver and gold will be stole away, With a gay lady.

Build it up with iron and steel, Dance o'er my lady lee, Build it up with iron and steel, With a gay lady.

Iron and steel will bend and bow, Dance o'er my lady lee, Iron and steel will bend and bow, With a gay lady.

Build it up with wood and clay, Dance o'er my lady lee, Build it up with wood and clay, With a gay lady.

Wood and clay will wash away, Dance o'er my lady lee, Wood and clay will wash away, With a gay lady.

Build it up with stone so strong, Dance o'er my lady lee, Huzza! 'twill last for ages long, With a gay lady.

-[London][5] (Halliwell's _Nursery Rhymes_, clii.).

III. London Bridge is broaken down, Is broaken down, is broaken down, London Bridge is broaken down, My fair lady.

Build it up with bricks and mortar, Bricks and mortar, bricks and mortar, Build it up with bricks and mortar, My fair lady.

Bricks and mortar will not stay, Will not stay, will not stay, Bricks and mortar will not stay, My fair lady.

Build it up with penny loaves, Penny loaves, penny loaves, Build it up with penny loaves, My fair lady.

Penny loaves will mould away, Mould away, mould away, Penny loaves will mould away, My fair lady.

What have this poor prisoner done, Prisoner done, prisoner done, What have this poor prisoner done?

My fair lady.

Stole my watch and lost my key, Lost my key, lost my key, Stole my watch and lost my key, My fair lady.

Off to prison you must go, You must go, you must go, Off to prison you must go, My fair lady.

-Liphook, Hants (Miss Fowler).

IV. Where are these great baa-lambs going, Baa-lambs going, baa-lambs going, Where are these great baa-lambs going?

My fair lady.

We are going to London Bridge, London Bridge, London Bridge, We are going to London Bridge, My fair lady.

London Bridge is broken down, Broken down, broken down, London Bridge is broken down, My fair lady.

[Then verses follow, sung in the same way and with the same refrain, beginning with-]

Mend it up with penny loaves.

Penny loaves will wash away.

Mend it up with pins and needles.

Pins and needles they will break.

Mend it up with bricks and mortar,

Bricks and mortar, that will do.

[After these verses have been sung-]

What has this great prisoner done, Prisoner done, prisoner done, What has this great prisoner done?

My fair lady.

Stole a watch and lost the key, Lost the key, lost the key, Stole a watch and lost the key, My fair lady.

Off to prison you must go, You must go, you must go, Off to prison you must go, My fair lady.

-Hurstmonceux, Suss.e.x (Miss Chase).

V. Over London Bridge we go, Over London Bridge we go, Over London Bridge we go, Gay ladies, gay!

London Bridge is broken down, London Bridge is broken down, London Bridge is broken down, Gay ladies, gay!

Build it up with lime and sand, Build it up with lime and sand, Build it up with lime and sand, Gay ladies, gay!

[Then follow verses sung in the same manner and with the same refrain, beginning with-]

Lime and sand will wash away.

Build it up with penny loaves.

Penny loaves'll get stole away.

O, what has my poor prisoner done?

Robbed a house and killed a man.

What will you have to set her free?

Fourteen pounds and a wedding gown.