"London Bridge Is Falling Down" (also known as "My Fair Lady" or simply "London Bridge") is a traditional English nursery rhyme and singing game. It deals with the depredations of London Bridge and attempts, realistic or fanciful, to repair it. It may date back to bridge rhymes and games of the late Middle Ages

STAGE ONE

SLOW AND STEADY AND FRUSTRATED


the key to the nursery rhyme. The cost of maintenance was paid for out of tolls, on both people and ships, but sometimes the money went astray. In 1282, during the reign of Henry III, five of the bridge's 19 arches collapsed. About 5 years earlier, Henry had given the revenues from the bridge to his wife, Queen Eleanor, and she had spent it on herself!

STAGE TWO

GETTING THE NOTES AND RHYTHM SLOWLY


Queen Eleanor is said to be the My Fair Lady alluded to in the rhyme. This led to the City of London taking back the revenues from the bridge from the Crown and giving it to the people, the Bridge House Estates, which still exists today.

STAGE THREE

STILL WORKING ON IT