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" He sigh'd, — and would have drawn stakes. He said it would bear a man for to slide, And laid a hundred pound } The King said it would break, and so it did, For three children there were drown'd. Of which, one's head was from his should — ers stricken,... "
A Little Book of Songs and Ballads: Gathered from Ancient Musick Books, Ms ... - Page 189
by Edward Francis Rimbault - 1851 - 227 pages
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Chronicles of London Bridge

Richard Thomson - 1827 - 728 pages
...sliding thereabout, Upon a place too thin ; That so at last it did fall out, That they did all/o« in. A great Lord there was that laid with the King,...there were drown'd. Of which, one's head was from his should — ers stricken, — whose name was John ; Who then cried out as loud as he could ' Oh Lon-a!...
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Time's Telescope for ... ; Or, A Complete Guide to the Almanack

1829 - 466 pages
...sliding thereabout, Upon a place too thin : That so, at last, it did fall out, That they did all fall in. A great lord there was that laid with the king,...break, and so it did. For three children there were drowned ; Of which, one's bead was from his shoulders stricken, whose name was John ; Who then cried...
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Chronicles of London Bridge

Richard Thomson - 1839 - 544 pages
...at last it did/art out That they did all/a« in. A great Lord there was that laid with the King, Aud with the King great wager makes ; But when he saw...there were drown'd. Of which, one's head was from his should — ers stricken, — whose name was John ; Who then cried out; as loud as he could, 'OhLon-a!...
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Chronicles of London Bridge

Richard Thomson - 1839 - 548 pages
...children sliding thereabout, Upon a place too thin ; That so at last it did/a# out That they did all fall in. A great Lord there was that laid with the King,...that he could not win He sigh'd, — and would have diawn stakes. He said it would bear a man for to slide, And laid a hundred pound ; The King said it...
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Early English Poetry, Ballads, and Popular Literature of the ..., Volume 4

Percy Society - 1841 - 476 pages
...sliding thereabouts, Upon a place too thin, That so at last it did fall out, That they did all fall in. A great lord there was that laid with the king,...with the king great wager makes : But when he saw he could not win, He seight, and would have drawn stakes. He said it would bear a man for to slide,...
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The Early Naval Ballads of England, Volume 2, Issue 2

James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps - 1841 - 434 pages
...sliding thereabouts, Upon a place too thin, That so at last it did fall out, That they did all fall in. A great lord there was that laid with the king,...with the king great wager makes : But when he saw he could not win, He seight, and would have drawn stakes. He said it would bear a man for to slide,...
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Early English Poetry, Ballads, and Popular Literature of the Middle Ages ...

Percy Society - 1841 - 468 pages
...sliding thereabouts, Upon a place loo thin, That so at last it did fall out, That they did all fall in. A great lord there was that laid with the king,...with the king great wager makes : But when he saw he could not win, He seight, and would have drawn stakes. He said it would bear a man for to slide,...
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The Nursery Rhymes of England: Obtained Principally from Oral Tradition

James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps - 1843 - 332 pages
...sliding thereabouts, Upon a place too thin, That so at last it did fall out, That they did all fall in. A great lord there was that laid with the king,...with the king great wager makes : But when he saw he could not win, He seight, and would have drawn stakes. He said it would bear a man for to slide,...
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The Penny satirist and London pioneer [afterw.] The London pioneer ..., Volume 3

564 pages
...sliding thereabout, Upon a place too thin ; That so, at last, it did fall out That they did all fall in. A great lord there was that laid with the king....not win, He sigh'd, — and would have drawn stakes. Ho said it would bear a man for to slide. And laid a hundred pound; The king said it would break, and...
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Merry Drollery Compleat Being Jovial Poems, Merry Songs, &c

Joseph Woodfall Ebsworth - 1875 - 480 pages
...sliding thereabouts Upon a place too thin, That so at last it did fall out, That they did all fall in. A great Lord there was that laid with the King,...with the King great wager makes : But when he saw he could not win, , He sigh't, and would have drawn stakes. He said it would bear a man for to slide,...
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