“London Bridge is broken down”
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DVPP Project Team
Ethan
Webb
University of Victoria Digital Victorian Periodical Poetry
Victoria, BC, Canada
In the public domain
Poem included in the unsigned prose contribution Old London Bridge (93-107), by Thomas Arundell (Wellesley Index). (EW)
Temple Bar
31
98–99
London Bridge is broken down
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“ London Bridge is broken down,
Dance o’er my Ladie Lee ;
London Bridge is broken down
With a gay ladie.
How shall we build it up againe ?
Dance o’er my Ladie Lee ;
How shall we build it up againe ?
With a gay ladie.
Build it up with silver and gold,
Dance o’er my Ladie Lee ;
Silver and gold will be stole away,
With a gay ladie.
Build it up with iron and steele,
Dance o’er my Ladie Lee ;
Iron and steele will bend and bow,
With a gay ladie.
Build it up with wood and clay,
Dance o’er my Ladie Lee ;
Wood and clay will wash away,
With a gay ladie.
Build it up with stone so strong,
Dance o’er my Ladie Lee ;
Huzza ! ’twill last for ages long,
With a gay ladie.”