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11 mar 2023 · The English nursery rhyme "London Bridge is Falling Down" seems innocent on the surface, but some scholars believe it's a reference to immurement — the medieval punishment where a person is locked inside a room until they died.
20 cze 2022 · Similar to the recitals of “Ring Around The Rosie” and “Humpty Dumpty,” there is a “falling down” component to the rhyme and physical enactment, which brings smiles to children’s faces.
"London Bridge Is Falling Down" (also known as "My Fair Lady" or "London Bridge") is a traditional English nursery rhyme and singing game, which is found in different versions all over the world. It deals with the dilapidation of London Bridge and attempts, realistic or fanciful, to repair it.
10 kwi 2018 · However, London Bridge is Falling Down was already a popular and well-known nursery rhyme at the time of Laing’s translation. So it is unlikely that the rhyme originates directly from “Heimskringla”.
18 wrz 2018 · ‘London Bridge is falling down falling down falling down’: this line appears towards the end of one of the greatest poems of the twentieth century, T. S. Eliot’s The Waste Land. Of course, the nursery rhyme or children’s song from which Eliot borrowed this line is much older.
Samuel Laing’s 1844 translation renders this event as, “London Bridge is broken down,— / Gold is won and bright renown.” This may seem like the seed of the rhyme, but it’s actually the...
“London Bridge is Falling Down” is one of the most famous nursery rhymes in the English language. With its catchy tune and repetitive lyrics, the song has been passed down for generations, captivating children with its playful depiction of a collapsing bridge.
