London Bridge is Falling Down

The fight between Pacquiao vs Hatton had been highly publicized event. Though the actual fight may have been shorter than the parade and the introduction spectacle, the results have never been short of exploding.

In a clash where one man will conquer the other, neither fighter should ever be too confident of themselves or their styles for that matter. And the pound-for-pound boxing king Manny Pacquiao has proven this with his devastating left counter.

As the crowds ecstatically leave the arena, a familiar tune was heard very much like a pre-school nursery rhyme. Yep, it’s the rhyme often used in children’s singing game. Not sure who among the crowd started singing it, here’s the lyrics of that song as taught to pre-schools these days.

    London Bridge is falling down,
    Falling down, falling down.
    London Bridge is falling down,
    My fair lady.

    Take a key and lock her up,
    Lock her up, Lock her up.
    Take a key and lock her up,
    My fair lady.

    How will we build it up?
    Build it up, Build it up,
    How will we build it up?
    My fair lady.

    Build it up with gold and silver,
    Gold and silver, gold and silver.
    Build it up with gold and silver,
    My fair lady.

    Gold and silver I have none,
    I have none, I have none.
    Gold and silver I have none,
    My fair lady.

    Build it up with pins and needles,
    Pins and needles, pins and needles.
    Build it up with pins and needles,
    My fair lady.

    Pins and needles bend and break,
    Bend and break, Bend and break.
    Pins and needles bend and break,
    My fair lady.

    Build it up with wood and clay,
    Wood and clay, wood and clay.
    Build it up with wood and clay,
    My fair lady.

    Wood and clay will wash away,
    Wash away, Wash away.
    Wood and clay will wash away,
    My fair lady.

    Build it up with stone so strong,
    Stone so strong, Stone so strong.
    Build it up with stone so strong,
    My fair lady.

    Stone so strong will last so long,
    Last so long, last so long.
    Stone so strong will last so long,
    My fair lady.

My daughter loves to sing this especially with daddy helping in raising and lowering the arch. Mommy, on the other hand, struggles to pass through by crawling which makes our daughter laugh.

(Lyrics courtesy of en.wikepedia.org)