London Bridge

London Bridge is broken down
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It must be builded up again
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How shall we fashion it again?
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Fashion it with iron and steel
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Iron and steel will wry and snap
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Make it up with wood and stone
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Wood and stone will tumble off
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Shore it up with silver and gold
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Silver and gold can’t be made sure
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So we must have a man to watch
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An if he should fall asleep?
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Light a pipe fit to his mouth
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Suppose the pipe went out and fell?
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Give him nuts that he might crack
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What if the nuts were all gone bad?
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He shall have horses to gallop upon
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An if he fall asleep again?
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Give him a barking dog all night
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What if the dog should find a bone?
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Set him a cock to crow all night
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Yet the cock might meet a hen
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Here comes my Lord so all may pass
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Except for he who comes the last