. London . he sei vices in the chapel, and withadministering the revenues for the maintenance of the fabric. The children made songs about it. One of their songs towhich they danced taking hands, has been preserved. It ismodernised, and one knows not how old it is. The author of* Chronicles of London Bridge gives it at full length, with themusic. Here are two or three verses : London Bridge is broken down, Dance over my Lady Lee ;London Bridge is broken down, With a gay ladee. How shall we build it up again? Dance over my Lady Lee ;How shall we build it up again ? With a gay ladee. SAXON AND N
. London . he sei vices in the chapel, and withadministering the revenues for the maintenance of the fabric. The children made songs about it. One of their songs towhich they danced taking hands, has been preserved. It ismodernised, and one knows not how old it is. The author of* Chronicles of London Bridge gives it at full length, with themusic. Here are two or three verses : London Bridge is broken down, Dance over my Lady Lee ;London Bridge is broken down, With a gay ladee. How shall we build it up again? Dance over my Lady Lee ;How shall we build it up again ? With a gay ladee. SAXON AND NORMAN 67 Build it up with stone so strong, Dance over my Lady Lee ;Huzza ! twill last for ages long, With a gay ladee. The City wall, repaired by Alfred, was not allowed to fallinto decay again for the next seven hundred years. A recentdiscovery proves that the ditch was more ancient than hadbeen thought. But by the time of King John it was greatlydecayed and stopped up ; in his reign a grand restoration of. **—: PART OK LONDON WALL IN THE CHURCHYARD OF ST. GILES, CRIPPLEGATE the ditch was made by the citizens. Many fragments of thewall have been discovered dotted along its course, which isnow accurately known, and can be traced. One of the Citychurches has a piece of the wall itself under its north wall,hi the churchyard of St. Alphege there remains a fragment ;in the churchyard of St. Giles there is a bastion. To repairthe wall, they seem to have used any materials that the collection of capitals and pilasters found in apiece of the City wall, and preserved in the Guildhall. Wit-ness also the story of King John, who, when he wanted stones f 2 63 for repairing the gates, broke down the stone houses of theJews, robbed their coffers, and used the stones for his Lud Gate was pulled down some of these stones, withHebrew inscriptions, were found, but I believe were all throwninto the Thames at London Bridge. The Tower of London, until William
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