Written by Devine Winsford with additional lyrics by Kirsty MacColl (adapted from a Mighty Sparrow song)

Lyrics

Days of old when knights were bold, Britain ruled supreme
Songs were sung and tales were told, life was like a dream
Top men like the great King Arthur never came here ever after
Ever since those gallant heroes gone

London Bridge is falling down
Falling down I said, falling down
London Bridge is falling down
Falling down I said, falling down

Noted for diplomacy, once the mighty fall
Touching pmp of pageantry, history books all show
Husky dogs and great explorers
Mighty kings and sage warriors
Trouble take me since they’re dead and gone

London Bridge is falling down
Falling down I said, falling down
London Bridge is falling down
Falling down I said, falling down

Early evening entertainment
People sleeping on the pavement
In the eyes of god we must be wrong

London Bridge is falling down
Falling down I said, falling down
London Bridge is falling down
Falling down I said, falling down

Time was when a British Empire was in full control
France and Spain were just the same if the truth be known
Now the walls are down in Europe
Forming laws with certain Arabs ?
Better get your petrol while you can

London Bridge is falling down
Falling down I said, falling down
London Bridge is falling down
Falling down I said, falling down

Like the grip of an old King Kong
From South Africa to Hong Kong
Now the times are moving on and

London Bridge is falling down
Falling down I said, falling down
London Bridge is falling down
Falling down I said, falling down

In the days gone by we’d pay for the things we’d got
Now we pay to advertise while we sell the lot
All the companies we started sold out on the open market
Where are jobs now that they’re gone?

London Bridge is falling down
Falling down I said, falling down
London Bridge is falling down
Falling down I said, falling down

If we’re sure we want to stay
On this, our base for the US of A
Then it’s time that we should say that

London Bridge is falling down
Falling down I said, falling down
London Bridge is falling down
Falling down I said, falling down

London Bridge is falling down
London Bridge is falling down
London Bridge is falling down

Recorded during the Electric Landlady sessions.

The Mighty Sparrow source track.

Here’s my best shot:

England was a mighty place many years gone by
Now England is a troubled place, please don’t ask me why
To Quote an old Englishman whose name is Roger
He told me in song so sing along

London Bridge is falling down
Falling down I said, falling down
London Bridge is falling down
Falling down I said, falling down

In a land that used to be strong
Is a woman bossing the town
And the next one wearing a crown

London Bridge is falling down
Falling down I said, falling down
London Bridge is falling down
Falling down I said, falling down

When I say I see nothing wrong
If a woman’s wearing the crown
He says ….

London Bridge is falling down
Falling down I said, falling down
London Bridge is falling down
Falling down I said, falling down

(break. Rule Britannia)

Days of old when knights were bold, Britain ruled supreme
Songs were sung and tales were told, life was like a dream
Tough men like Truman and Hutton, Churchill and Horatio Nelson
Ever since those gallant heroes gone

London Bridge is falling down
Falling down I said, falling down
London Bridge is falling down
Falling down I said, falling down

The morality of the young
The instability of the pound
And the humility to be strong

London Bridge is falling down
Falling down I said, falling down
London Bridge is falling down
Falling down I said, falling down

Listen what I …………….
…………….
…. let me live here ?

London Bridge is falling down
Falling down I said, falling down
London Bridge is falling down
Falling down I said, falling down

(break)

Noted for diplomacy
Once the mighty fall
… pomp and pageantry, history books will show

Husky dogs and great explorers
Mighty kings and sage warriors
Trouble take me since they’re dead and gone

London Bridge is falling down
Falling down I said, falling down
London Bridge is falling down
Falling down I said, falling down

He said “Today when I go around ??
And I see the King and I’m gone ??
I just have to sing a song

London Bridge is falling down
Falling down I said, falling down
London Bridge is falling down
Falling down I said, falling down

I defend her rights to the end
Run around and love up your men ??
But not in front of little children

London Bridge is falling down
Falling down I said, falling down
London Bridge is falling down
Falling down I said, falling down

(break)

Time was when the British Empire
Was in full control
Of not only America but ……….

No more empire to come and
…………
In the eyes of God ……….

London Bridge is falling down
Falling down I said, falling down
London Bridge is falling down
Falling down I said, falling down

Like the beat of an old King Kong ??
From South Africa to Hong Kong
Even though we are no longer strong

London Bridge is falling down
Falling down I said, falling down
London Bridge is falling down
Falling down I said, falling down

In the House of Lords can be found
Homosexuals, buffoons and clowns
…… a few of them should be hung

London Bridge is falling down
Falling down I said, falling down
London Bridge is falling down
Falling down I said, falling down

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Here’s another live version from Mr Winsford …