[LONDON BRIDGE.]
"London Bridge is falling down,
Falling down, falling down—
London Bridge is falling down,
So farewell, my lady.
"You've broke the locks, and stole my gold,
Stole my gold, stole my gold—
You've broke the locks, and stole my gold,
So farewell, my lady.
"Then off to prison you'll have to go,
Have to go, have to go—
Then off to prison you'll have to go,
So farewell, my lady."
"LONDON BRIDGE IS FALLING DOWN."
DESCRIPTION OF THE GAME.
One may often see in our city streets a group of children, two standing with uplifted hands while the others pass between, and chanting, in a tune of their own, the foregoing words. At the conclusion the hands are dropped around a comrade, and he is asked to choose between the two leaders, who have decided upon names—as, "a gold church," and "a silver castle"—and placed behind his choice. At last all are caught. Then comes the "tug," often a very unequal and amusing contest.
THE "TUG."