The James T. Callow Folklore Archive

LONDON BRIDGE

HOLD UP THE GATE GO HIGH AS THE SKY, LET KING GEORGES HORSES GO BY
THIS IS THE LIGHT TO PUT YOU TO BED, AND THIS IS THE HATCHED TO CUT
OFF YOUR HEAD. CHIP CHOP CHUM. WHEN THEY SAY CHIP, CHOP, CHUM, THEY
CATCH SOMEONE AND SWAY THEM BACK AND FORTH.

Submitter comment: MY MOTHER LEARNED THIS IN 1938, IN MARIAN, ALABAMA.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT

Date learned: 11-14-1980 ; 00-00-1938