London Bridge Is Falling Down

Lew Dite with his concert ukulele. A children's song my father taught me to love. This nursery rhyme is based on one of the most famous landmarks in London. It's history can be traced to the Roman occupation of England in the first century. The first London Bridge was made of wood and clay. The first stone bridge (construction began in 1176) took 33 years to build. By the 1300's the bridge contained 140 shops. The reference to silver and gold in the rhyme relates to the trading which was conducted on the bridge. In the 1820's a new London Bridge was built on another site, north of the old one. This new bridge opened in 1831. In the 1960's yet another London Bridge was built. The London Bridge of 1831 was transported, stone by stone, to Lake Havasu in Arizona, USA. THE WORDS & CHORDS TO THIS SONG AT: www.youtube.com/LDsongscreen



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