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Pink ice cream on London Bridge
Several decades ago, IIRC on an episode of the UK children's TV show Rainbow, I heard the following version of "London Bridge is Falling Down":
London Bridge is falling down
Falling down, ...
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The Grand Old Duke of York: how did historical events become nursery rhymes?
"The Grand old Duke of York" is a well-known English nursery rhyme concerning the exploits of an not-specifically-identified duke of York. Wikipedia, citing the Opies and other books, gives ...