Additional Stanzas

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Another version of this ballad contains the following stanzas, coming in immediately after the third verse, "Silver and gold will be stolen away;" though the propositions for building this bridge with iron and steel, and wood and stone, have in this copy also already been made and objected to.

Then we must set a man to watch.

Dance o'er my Lady Lea;

Then we must set a man to watch,

With a gay La-dee.

Suppose the man should fall asleep,

Dance o'er my Lady Lea;

Suppose the man should fall asleep,

With a gay La-dee.

Then we must put a pipe in his mouth,

Dance o'er my Lady Lea;

Then we must put a pipe in his mouth,

With a gay La-dee.

Suppose the pipe should fall and break,

Dance o'er my Lady Lea;

Suppose the pipe should fall and break,

With a gay La-dee.

Then we must set a dog to watch,

Dance o'er my Lady Lea;

Then we must set a dog to watch

With a gay La-dee.

Suppose the dog should run away,

Dance o'er my Lady Lea;

Suppose the dog should run away.

With a gay La-dee.

Then we must chain him to a post,

Dance o'er my Lady Lea;

Then we must chain him to a post,

With a gay La-dee.

London Bridge Nursery Rhymes - Introduction
1 - London Bridge is Broken Down
2 - Additional Stanzas

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