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A melody is recorded for "London Bridge" in an edition of John Playford's The Dancing Master published in 1718, but it differs from the modern tune recorded above and no lyrics were given. An issue of Blackwood's Magazine in 1821 noted the rhyme as being sung to the tune of " Nancy Dawson ", now better known as " Nuts in May ," and the same ...
The first verse about "London Bridge" was added by Baez but taken from traditional versions. Sandy Denny , the British folk rock band Trees , Anaïs Mitchell / Jefferson Hamer, and Emilie Autumn all recorded or performed this version of the song, presumably inspired by Joan Baez.
This is a list of songs about London by notable artists. Instrumental pieces are tagged with an uppercase "[I]", or a lowercase "[i]" for quasi-instrumental including non-lyrics voice samples. Instrumental pieces are tagged with an uppercase "[I]", or a lowercase "[i]" for quasi-instrumental including non-lyrics voice samples.
London Bridge Is Falling Down", another English nursery rhyme that plays a similar game to "Oranges and Lemons". [17] "The Bells of Rhymney", a similar song about church bells, although in Wales as opposed to London and also telling the story of labour disputes in the mining industry. The stanzas follow the pattern of "Oranges and Lemons".
For a comprehensive list of 25,000 traditional English language songs, ... (song) The Lochmaben Harper; London Bridge Is Falling Down; Long, Long, Long;
The Skye Boat Song" (Roud 3772) is a late 19th-century Scottish song adaptation of a Gaelic song composed c.1782 by William Ross, entitled Cuachag nan Craobh ("Cuckoo of the Tree"). [1] In the original song, the composer laments to a cuckoo that his unrequited love , Lady Marion Ross, is rejecting him.
Allan's Illustrated Edition of Tyneside Songs and Readings... is an historic book of Tyneside popular and traditional songs that consisted, in its final published form, of a compilation of approximately 400 song lyrics and notes, with added songwriter and subject biographies and geographical details, together spanning over 600 pages (published, 1891).
London Bridge (1831) (or "New London Bridge"), the replacement for the 1209 London Bridge (see also Lake Havasu City entry below) London Bridge (1973), the present-day London Bridge and replacement for the 1831 bridge; London Bridge (Dublin), a bridge over the River Dodder, Ireland; London Bridge (Lake Havasu City), Arizona, U.S., re-assembled ...