Luyện nghe bài hát LONDON BRIDGE SONG, THE

Joni's lighthearted take on "London Bridge" was a crowd pleaser in her mid-sixties club show, before she signed her first recording contract. This transcription includes spoken patter that, combined with her music, enchanted audiences back in the days when Joni was playing the smaller, more intimate venues she has always enjoyed most.

(Spoken are in italics)

London is falling down
See the in my town
the ones who bring it down
(It's true been for centuries,
by it and saying, you know,
London really is falling down, poor thing,
it fell down in shame)
My fair

London is falling up
Save the tea in my cup
the cup is cracking up
My fair
(I'll have to get a one)

Bridge is up for sale
Booze put my friend in jail
Spent my money on bail
My lady-o
(Sure would've like to have that bridge)
(Couldn't let him go to jail)

If the bridge to me
I serve you tarts and tea
Smiles, that's all the would be
(Don't grant you people would be across at all)
My fair

On the there stands a car
Painted peculiar flowers
It's the Beatles' it's not
(Guess looking at the bridge)
(Hope buy it)
My fair

Bridge is falling down
(Something that)
London Bridge is down
Coming down on London
Ice cubes in my fridge

(They always, do you know those fridges are terrible, they're always melting things and ice cubes are all over the floor)
(And the vegetables are all rotten and your friend turns to you in her very British way and she "You know I paid two bob for this. It smells a bit peculiar doesn't it, but don't you think... well, we can serve it anyway" and she does)

Coming down on London
Mutton in my fridge
dow-ow-ow-ow-ow-ow-ow-ow

(A little electronic there for your pleasure)
Coming on London Bridge
My lady-o