<Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> Nursery rhyme </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Published </Th> <Td> c. 1744 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Songwriter (s) </Th> <Td> Unknown </Td> </Tr> <P> "London Bridge Is Falling Down" (also known as "My Fair Lady" or "London Bridge") is a traditional English nursery rhyme and singing game, which is found in different versions all over the world . It deals with the depredations of London Bridge and attempts, realistic or fanciful, to repair it . It may date back to bridge rhymes and games of the Late Middle Ages, but the earliest records of the rhyme in English are from the seventeenth century . The lyrics were first printed in close to their modern form in the mid-eighteenth century and became popular, particularly in Britain and the United States during the 19th century . </P>

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