‘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 stolen away, Dance o’er my Lady Lee; Silver and gold will be stolen 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.’ “In that treasury of singular fragments, the ‘_Gentleman’s Magazine_,’ for September, 1823, volume xciii., page 232, there is another copy of this ballad, with some variations, inserted in a Letter, signed M. Green, in which there are the following stanzas, wanting in Ritson’s, and coming in immediately after the third verse, ‘Silver and gold will be stolen away;’ though it must be observed, that the propositions for building the 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.’