collapse, collapse.
London Bridge is going to collapse,
My beautiful lady.
build it with iron bars,
iron bars, iron bars.
Build it with iron bars,
My beautiful lady.
bars will bend and break,
bars will bend and break,
bars will bend and break,
my beautiful lady.
build it with silver and gold,
silver and gold,
build it with silver and gold,
my beautiful lady
(English lyrics) London bridge is falling down
London bridge is falling down,
falling down, falling down.
London bridge is falling down,
my fair lady .
Build it up with iron bars,
iron bars, iron bars.
Build it up with iron bars,
my fair lady.
Iron bars will bend and break ,
bend and break, bend and break.
Iron bars will bend and break,
my fair lady.
build it up with silver and gold,
silver and gold.
build it up with silver and gold,
my fair lady.
(related introduction)
"London Bridge will collapse, collapse, collapse ...
London Bridge is the oldest bridge on the Thames, which was completed in 965. It used to be a wooden bridge, but it was changed to a stone bridge two centuries later, which was the only channel to connect the north and south banks of the Thames. With the vicissitudes of time, London Bridge can't escape the fate of aging, and gradually shows signs of decay. It has been overwhelmed by the increasingly heavy traffic, so such a tragic folk song has been circulated. But the wily British did not watch the London Bridge collapse, but turned it into a priceless treasure. They vigorously promoted the historical splendor of London Bridge and sold the abandoned bridge as an antique to the real estate developers in Havasu Lake City, Arizona, USA. Businessmen dismantled the components of the ancient bridge one by one, transported them to the United States on a huge ship, and rebuilt them on Lake Ha Vasu as they were, surrounded by English houses, becoming a unique tourist spot-"Little London". American real estate developers have made the British people make money, and they have not suffered. Due to the attraction of the "antique bridge", there are endless tourists, and the real estate in this city has greatly appreciated. The people in the city have benefited from the "antique bridge" to varying degrees and become rich.
In this way, London Bridge staged a "tragicomedy".