Editing London Bridge (section)

==In literature and popular culture==
* The [[nursery rhyme]] and [[folk song]] "[[London Bridge Is Falling Down]]" has been speculatively connected to several of the bridge's historic collapses.
* Rennie's New London Bridge is a prominent landmark in [[T. S. Eliot]]'s poem ''[[The Waste Land]]'', wherein he compares the shuffling commuters across London Bridge to the hell-bound souls of ''[[Dante's Inferno]]''. Also in that poem is a reference to the "inexplicable splendour of Ionian white and gold" of the church of [[St Magnus-the-Martyr]], designed by [[Christopher Wren|Sir Christopher Wren]], which marks the northern approach to the bridge, and the poem also ends with the lines "I sat upon the shore/fishing, with the arid plain behind me./Shall I at least set my lands in order?/London bridge is falling down, falling down, falling down".
* In [[Charles Dickens]]' ''[[Sketches by Boz]]'', in the story entitled ''Scotland-yard'' there is much discussion by coal-heavers on the replacement of London Bridge in 1832, including a portent that the event will dry up the Thames.
* [[Gary P. Nunn]]'s song "London Homesick Blues" includes the lyrics, "Even London Bridge has fallen down, and moved to Arizona, now I know why."<ref>{{cite web|title=London Homesick Blues|url=http://lyricsplayground.com/alpha/songs/l/londonhomesickblues.shtml|website=International Lyrics Playground|access-date=29 April 2017}}</ref>
* English composer [[Eric Coates]] wrote a march about London Bridge in 1934.
* London Bridge is named in the [[World War II]] song "The King is Still in London" by Roma Campbell-Hunter & Hugh Charles.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Huntley|first1=Bill|title=The King is Still in London|url=http://lyricsplayground.com/alpha/songs/k/kingisstillinlondon.shtml|website=International Lyrics Playground|access-date=1 May 2020}}</ref>
* [[Fergie (singer)|Fergie]] released a song titled "[[London Bridge (Fergie song)|London Bridge]]" in 2006 as the lead single of her first solo album, ''[[The Dutchess]].''<ref>{{Cite web|last=Vineyard|first=Jennifer|title=Black Eyed Peas' Fergie Gets Rough And Regal In First Video From Solo LP|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/1536116/black-eyed-peas-fergie-gets-rough-and-regal-in-first-video-from-solo-lp/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140924041417/http://www.mtv.com/news/1536116/black-eyed-peas-fergie-gets-rough-and-regal-in-first-video-from-solo-lp/|url-status=dead|archive-date=24 September 2014|access-date=9 August 2021|website=MTV News|language=en}}</ref> The music video for the track features the singer on a boat near London's [[Tower Bridge]],<ref>Archived at [https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211211/WD33ii01kXI Ghostarchive]{{cbignore}} and the [https://web.archive.org/web/20160804224918/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WD33ii01kXI&gl=US&hl=en Wayback Machine]{{cbignore}}: {{Citation|title=Fergie - London Bridge (Oh Snap) (Official Music Video)|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WD33ii01kXI|language=en|access-date=9 August 2021}}{{cbignore}}</ref> which, despite the song's title, is not London Bridge. The song peaked at number one on [[Billboard charts|Billboard]]'s [[Billboard Hot 100|Hot 100]] chart.<ref>{{Cite magazine|title=Fergie|url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/fergie/chart-history/hsi/|access-date=9 August 2021|magazine=Billboard}}</ref>