最常用的第一詩(shī)句（這首歌有相當(dāng)大變化的歌詞押韻）：

London Bridge is falling down,

Falling down, Falling down.

London Bridge is falling down,

My fair lady.

1744年版本：最早期的印刷記錄版本

（Tommy Thumb's Pretty Song Book）

London BridgeIs Broken down,

Dance over my Lady Lee.

London Bridge

Is Broken down

With a gay Lady.

How shall we build

It up again,

Dance over my Lady Lee, &c.

Build it up with

Gravel, and Stone,

Dance over my Lady Lee, &c.

Gravel, and Stone,

Will wash away,

Dance over my Lady Lee, &c.

Build it up with

Iron, and Steel,

Dance over my Lady Lee, &c.

Iron, and Steel,

Will bend, and Bow,

Dance over my Lady Lee, &c.

Build it up with

Silver, and Gold,

Dance over my Lady Lee, &c.

Silver, and Gold

Will be stolen away,

Dance over my Lady Lee, &c.

Then we'l set

A man to Watch,

Dance over my Lady Lee.

Then we'l set

A man to Watch,

With a gay Lady.

現(xiàn)存最古老的版本：1823年紳士雜志

（在查爾斯二世1660至1685年統(tǒng)治時(shí)期的口述）:

London Bridge is broken down,

Dance over the Lady Lea;

London Bridge is broken down,

With a gay lady (la-dee).

The subsequent verses began with the lines, with lines in italics above repeated between them（隨后的詩(shī)句開(kāi)始,上面用斜體重復(fù)）:

Then we must build it up again.

What shall we build it up withal?

Build it up with iron and steel,

Iron and steel will bend and break.

Build it up with wood and stone,

Wood and stone will fall away.

Then we must set a man to watch,

Suppose the man should fall asleep?

Then we must put a pipe in his mouth,

Suppose the pipe should fall and break?

Then we must set a dog to watch,

Suppose the dog should run away?

Then we must chain him to a post.

1951年版本：（引述Iona和Peter Opie的歌詞）

London Bridge is falling down,

倫敦橋要倒了

Falling down, falling down.

要倒了，要倒了

London Bridge is falling down,

倫敦橋要倒了

My fair lady.

我美麗的淑女

Build it up with wood and clay,

用木和粘土在把它蓋好

Wood and clay, wood and clay,

木和粘土，用木和粘土

Build it up with wood and clay,

用木和粘土

My fair lady.

我美麗的淑女

Wood and clay will wash away,

木和粘土?xí)粵_走

Wash away, wash away,

沖走，沖走

Wood and clay will wash away,

木和粘土?xí)粵_走

My fair lady.

我美麗的淑女

Build it up with bricks and mortar,

用磚和灰泥在把它蓋好

Bricks and mortar, bricks and mortar,

磚和灰泥，磚和灰泥

Build it up with bricks and mortar,

用磚和灰泥在把它蓋好

My fair lady.

我美麗的淑女

Bricks and mortar will not stay,

磚和灰泥用不久

Will not stay, will not stay,

用不久，用不久

Bricks and mortar will not stay,

磚和灰泥用不久

My fair lady.

我美麗的淑女

Build it up with iron and steel,

用鐵和鋼把它蓋好

Iron and steel, iron and steel,

鐵和鋼，鐵和鋼

Build it up with iron and steel,

用鐵和鋼把它蓋好

My fair lady.

我美麗的淑女

Iron and steel will bend and bow,

鐵和鋼會(huì)彎又曲

Bend and bow, bend and bow,

彎又曲，彎又曲

Iron and steel will bend and bow,

鐵和鋼會(huì)彎又曲

My fair lady.

我美麗的淑女

Build it up with silver and gold,

用銀和金把它蓋好

Silver and gold, silver and gold,

銀和金，銀和金

Build it up with silver and gold,

用銀和金把它蓋好

My fair lady.

我美麗的淑女

Silver and gold will be stolen away,

銀和金會(huì)被偷走

Stolen away, stolen away,

被偷走，被偷走

Silver and gold will be stolen away,

銀和金會(huì)被偷走

My fair lady.

我美麗的淑女

Set a man to watch all night,

找個(gè)人整夜看候

Watch all night, watch all night,

整夜看候，整夜看候

Set a man to watch all night,

找個(gè)人整夜看候

My fair lady.

我美麗的淑女

Suppose the man should fall asleep,

如果那人打瞌睡怎么辦

Fall asleep, fall asleep,

打瞌睡，打瞌睡

Suppose the man should fall asleep?

如果那人打瞌睡怎么辦？

My fair lady.

我美麗的淑女

Give him a pipe to smoke all night,

給他煙斗整夜抽

Smoke all night, smoke all night,

整夜抽，整夜抽

Give him a pipe to smoke all night,

給他煙斗整夜抽

My fair lady.

我美麗的淑女

London bridge is falling down

倫敦橋要塌下來(lái)

falling down falling down

塌下來(lái) 塌下來(lái)

London bridge is falling down

倫敦橋要塌下來(lái)

my fair lady

我美麗的淑女

take a key and lock her up

拿把鑰匙鎖起來(lái)

lock her up lock her up

鎖起來(lái) 鎖起來(lái)

take a key and lock her up

拿把鑰匙鎖起來(lái)

my fair lady

我美麗的淑女

常見(jiàn)版本：

London bridge is falling down,

falling down, falling down.

London bridge is falling down,

my fair lady .

Build it up with iron bars,

iron bars, iron bars.

Build it up with iron bars,

my fair lady.

Iron bars will bend and break ,

bend and break, bend and break.

Iron bars will bend and break,

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've not got,

I've not got,I've not got.

gold and silver I've not got,

my fair lady.

中文版：

倫敦橋要倒了，

要倒了，要倒了。

倫敦橋要倒了，

我美麗的淑女。

用鐵欄來(lái)建筑，

鐵欄桿，鐵欄桿。

用鐵欄來(lái)建筑，

我美麗的淑女。

鐵欄會(huì)變彎曲，

變彎曲，變彎曲，

鐵欄會(huì)變彎曲，

我美麗的淑女。

用金銀來(lái)建筑，

金和銀，金和銀，

用金和銀來(lái)建筑，

我美麗的淑女 。

金和銀我還沒(méi)得到，

沒(méi)得到，沒(méi)得到

金和銀我還沒(méi)得到，

我美麗的淑女 。

粵語(yǔ)：（發(fā)源于香港，這是由于香港在18世紀(jì)中葉后淪為英國(guó)的殖民地制定教育制度，成為學(xué)校音樂(lè)課堂的教材，曲名改為為《有只雀仔跌落水》意思是：有一只小鳥(niǎo)跌落水中。）

有只雀仔跌落水

跌落水　跌落水

有只雀仔跌落水

被水沖去

日文：

London Bridge is falling down,

falling down, falling down.

London Bridge is falling down,

My Fair Lady.

Tetsu to hagane de tsukure,

tsukure, tsukure.

Tetsu to hagane de tsukure,

My Fair Lady.

Tetsu to hagane ja magaru,

magaru, magaru.

Tetsu to hagane ja magaru,

My Fair Lady.

Kin to gin de tsukure,

tsukure, tsukure.

Kin to gin de tsukure,

My Fair Lady.

Kin to gin ja nusumareru,

nusumareru, nusumareru.

Kin to gin ja nusumareru,

My Fair Lady.

Rou to ishi de tsukure,

tsukure, tsukure.

Rou to ishi de tsukure,

My Fair Lady.

Rou to ishi de kuchihateru,

kuchihateru, kuchihateru.

Rou to ishi de kuchihateru,

My Fair Lady.

London Bridge is falling down,

falling down, falling down.

London Bridge is falling down,

My Fair Lady.