Mythology & Folklore
As I was going o'er London Bridge (another version)
From The Nursery Rhymes of England, collected by J. O. Halliwell (London: Warne; first ed. 1842; this printing 1886)
Mythology & Folklore
As I was going o'er London Bridge,
And peep'd through a nick,
I saw four and twenty ladies
Riding on a stick!
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Codex Note
Halliwell's class: Riddles. [A fire-brand with sparks on it.]
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Anonymous (English nursery rhymes). “As I was going o'er London Bridge (another version).” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/anonymous-english-nursery-rhymes/230/.
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Anonymous (English nursery rhymes). “As I was going o'er London Bridge (another version).” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/anonymous-english-nursery-rhymes/230/.
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