"East side, West side,
All around the town,
The tots sang 'Ring a Rosie,'
'London Bridge Is Falling Down.'
Boys and girls together,
Me and Mamie Rourke,
Tripped the light fantastic,
On the sidewalks of New York."

- from "The Sidewalks of New York" by Charles B. Lawlor and James W. Blake 1894

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