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==Alternative versions== <mapframe latitude="51.522" longitude="-0.099" zoom="13" text="Map of the [[City of London]] and surrounding area with locations of churches mentioned in the alternative lyrics. (Click the map to enlarge.) {{legend | #d00 | textcolor=white | [[St Pancras Old Church]] (Fleetditch) | text=1 }} {{legend | #d00 | textcolor=white | [[St Margaret Lothbury]] | text=2 }} {{legend | #d00 | textcolor=white | [[St Helen's Bishopsgate]] | text=3 }} {{legend | #d00 | textcolor=white | [[St Botolph's Aldgate]] | text=4 }} {{legend | #d00 | textcolor=white | [[St Katharine Cree]] | text=5 }} {{legend | #d00 | textcolor=white | [[St Giles in the Fields]] | text=6 }} {{legend | #d00 | textcolor=white | [[St Peter upon Cornhill]] | text=7 }} {{legend | #d00 | textcolor=white | [[St Paul's Cathedral]] | text=8 }} {{legend | #d00 | textcolor=white | [[St John's Chapel, London]] | text=9 }} {{legend | #d00 | textcolor=white | [[St Anne and St Agnes]] | text=10 }} {{legend | #d00 | textcolor=white | [[Whitechapel Bell Foundry]] | text=11 }}" width="400" height="350">{ "type": "FeatureCollection", "features": [ { "type": "Feature", "properties": { "marker-symbol": "-number-alternate", "marker-color": "#d00", "title": "[[St Pancras Old Church]] (Fleetditch)" }, "geometry": { "type": "Point", "coordinates": [ -0.130189, 51.534897 ] } }, { "type": "Feature", "properties": { "marker-symbol": "-number-alternate", "marker-color": "#d00", "title": "[[St Margaret Lothbury]]" }, "geometry": { "type": "Point", "coordinates": [ -0.088867, 51.514697 ] } }, { "type": "Feature", "properties": { "marker-symbol": "-number-alternate", "marker-color": "#d00", "title": "[[St Helen's Bishopsgate]]" }, "geometry": { "type": "Point", "coordinates": [ -0.0818, 51.5148 ] } }, { "type": "Feature", "properties": { "marker-symbol": "-number-alternate", "marker-color": "#d00", "title": "[[St Botolph's Aldgate]]" }, "geometry": { "type": "Point", "coordinates": [ -0.076111, 51.513889 ] } }, { "type": "Feature", "properties": { "marker-symbol": "-number-alternate", "marker-color": "#d00", "title": "[[St Katharine Cree]]" }, "geometry": { "type": "Point", "coordinates": [ -0.079133, 51.513411 ] } }, { "type": "Feature", "properties": { "marker-symbol": "-number-alternate", "marker-color": "#d00", "title": "[[St Giles in the Fields]]" }, "geometry": { "type": "Point", "coordinates": [ -0.128633, 51.515311 ] } }, { "type": "Feature", "properties": { "marker-symbol": "-number-alternate", "marker-color": "#d00", "title": "[[St Peter upon Cornhill]]" }, "geometry": { "type": "Point", "coordinates": [ -0.084583, 51.51325 ] } }, { "type": "Feature", "properties": { "marker-symbol": "-number-alternate", "marker-color": "#d00", "title": "[[St Paul's Cathedral]]" }, "geometry": { "type": "Point", "coordinates": [ -0.098056, 51.513611 ] } }, { "type": "Feature", "properties": { "marker-symbol": "-number-alternate", "marker-color": "#d00", "title": "[[St John's Chapel, London]]" }, "geometry": { "type": "Point", "coordinates": [ -0.076389, 51.5075 ] } }, { "type": "Feature", "properties": { "marker-symbol": "-number-alternate", "marker-color": "#d00", "title": "[[St Anne and St Agnes]]" }, "geometry": { "type": "Point", "coordinates": [ -0.096389, 51.516389 ] } }, { "type": "Feature", "properties": { "marker-symbol": "-number-alternate", "marker-color": "#d00", "title": "[[Whitechapel Bell Foundry]]" }, "geometry": { "type": "Point", "coordinates": [ -0.067222, 51.516944 ] } } ] }</mapframe> [[File:Panorama of London in 1543 Wyngaerde Section 2.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|Panorama of London in 1543 from a 19th-century engraving by [[Nathaniel Whittock]] from a drawing by Antony van den Wyngaerde (c. 1543β50), showing the towers and spires of many of the churches mentioned in the rhyme]] <blockquote> <poem style="float:left;">Gay go up, and gay go down, To ring the bells of [[London]] town. Bull's eyes and targets, Say the bells of [[St. Margaret Lothbury|St. Margaret's]]. Brickbats and tiles, Say the bells of [[St Giles Cripplegate|St. Gilesβ]]. [[Halfpenny (British pre-decimal coin)|Halfpence]] and [[Farthing (British coin)|farthing]]s, Say the bells of [[St Martin-in-the-Fields|St. Martin's]]. Oranges and lemons, Say the bells of [[St Clement's, Eastcheap|St. Clement's]]. Pancakes and fritters, Say the bells of [[St Peter upon Cornhill|St. Peter's]]. Two sticks and an apple, Say the bells at [[Whitechapel Bell Foundry|Whitechapel]]. Pokers and tongs, Say the bells at [[St John's Chapel, London|St. John's]]. Kettles and pans, Say the bells at St. [[St Anne and St Agnes|Ann's]].</poem> <poem style="margin-left:1em; float:left;"> Old Father Baldpate, Say the slow bells at [[St Botolph's Aldgate|Aldgate]]. Maids in white Aprons Say the bells of [[St Katharine Cree|St Catherine's]]. You owe me ten [[Shilling (British coin)|shilling]]s, Say the bells of [[St Helen's Church, Bishopsgate|St. Helen's]]. When will you pay me? Say the bells at [[St Sepulchre-without-Newgate|Old Bailey]]. When I grow rich, Say the bells at [[St Leonard's, Shoreditch|Shoreditch]]. Pray when will that be? Say the bells of [[St Dunstan's, Stepney|Stepney]]. I'm sure I don't know, Says the great bell at [[St. Mary-le-Bow|Bow]]. Here comes a candle to light you to bed, And here comes a chopper to chop off your head.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://writersalmanac.publicradio.org/index.php?date=2011/06/29|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160919175310/http://writersalmanac.publicradio.org/index.php?date=2011%2F06%2F29|url-status=dead|archive-date=2016-09-19|title=Gay Go Up, and Gay Go Down|work=[[The Writer's Almanac]]|author1=Anon.|author2=[[Garrison Keillor]]|date=29 June 2011|access-date=2020-12-22}}</ref> </poem>{{clear|left}} </blockquote>
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