GAY go up, and gay go down, 
 To ring the bells of London town. 

 Bull's eyes and targets, 
 Say the bells of St. Marg'ret's. 

 Brickbats and tiles, 
 Say the bells of St. Giles'. 

 Halfpence and farthings, 
 Say the bells of St. Martin's.

 Oranges and lemons, 
 Say the bells of St. Clement's. 

 Pancakes and fritters, 
 Say the bells of St. Peter's. 

 Two sticks and an apple, 
 Say the bells at Whitechapel. 

 Old Father Baldpate, 
 Say the slow bells at Aldgate.

 You owe me ten shillings, 
 Say the bells at St. Helen's. 

 Pokers and tongs, 
 Say the bells at St. John's. 

 Kettles and pans, 
 Say the bells at St. Ann's. 

 When will you pay me? 
 Say the bells at Old Bailey. 

 When I grow rich, 
 Say the bells at Shoreditch.  

 Pray when will that be? 
 Say the bells at Stepney. 

 I am sure I don't know, 
 Say the great bell at Bow. 

 Here comes a candle to light you to bed, 
 And here comes a chopper to chop off your head. 

Halliwell, James Orchard, Comp. Nursery Rhymes and Nursery Tales of England. London, England: Frederick Warne and Co., 1853, p. 62. No. CCLXXXI

 ORANGES and lemons,
    Said the Bells of St. Clement's.

 You owe me five farthings,
 Said the Bells of St. Martin's.

 When will you pay me?
 Said the Bells of Old Bailey.

 When I grow rich, 
 Said the Bells of Shoreditch.

 When will that be?
 Said the Bells of Stepney.

 I do not know, 
 Said the great Bell at Bow.

 Here comes a candle to light you to bed,
 And here comes a chopper to chop-off-
    the-last-man's-- head.
     

Old Nurse's Book: Of Rhymes, Jingles and Ditties. Ed. and Illus. by Charles H. Bennett. London, England: Griffith and Farran, 1857. [Facsimile edition reproduced from The Osborne Collection of Early Children's Books. Toronto Public Library by Holp Shuppan, Publishers, Tokyo 1981.] p. 26.

 Gay go up and gay go down 
 To ring the bells of London Town. 

 Bulls' eyes and targets, 
 Say the bells of St. Marg'ret's. 

 Brickbats and tiles, 
 Say the bells of St. Giles'. 

 Ha'pence and farthings, 
 Say the bells of St. Martin's.

 Oranges and lemons, 
 Say the bells of St. Clement's. 

 Pancakes and fritters, 
 Say the bells of St. Peter's. 

 Two sticks and an apple, 
 Say the bells of Whitechapel. 

 Old Father Baldpate, 
 Say the slow bells at Aldgate. 

 Pokers and tongs, 
 Say the bells at St. John's. 

 Kettles and pans, 
 Say the bells of St. Ann's. 

Baring-Gould, Sabine. A Book of Nursery Songs and Rhymes. Illus. by Members of the Birmingham Art School under the direction of A. J. Gaskin. London, England: Methuen, 1895, p. 101. No. II in the Game Rhymes Section

 GAY go up, and gay go down, 
    To ring the bells of London town. 

 Bull's eyes and targets, 
 Say the bells of St. Marg'ret's. 

 Brickbats and tiles, 
 Say the bells of St. Giles'. 

 Halfpence and farthings, 
 Say the bells of St. Martin's.

 Oranges and lemons, 
 Say the bells of St. Clement's. 

 Pancakes and fritters, 
 Say the bells of St. Peter's. 

 Two sticks and an apple, 
 Say the bells at Whitechapel. 

 Old Father Baldpate, 
 Say the slow bells at Aldgate.

 You owe me ten shillings, 
 Say the bells at St. Helen's. 

 Pokers and tongs, 
 Say the bells at St. John's. 

 Kettles and pans, 
 Say the bells at St. Ann's. 

 When will you pay me? 
 Say the bells at Old Bailey. 

 When I grow rich, 
 Say the bells at Shoreditch.  

 Pray when will that be? 
 Say the bells at Stepney. 

 I am sure I don't know, 
 Say the great bell at Bow. 

 Here comes a candle to light you to bed, 
 And here comes a chopper to chop off your head.

Lang, Andrew, Ed. The Nursery Rhyme Book. Illus. by L. Leslie Brooke. London, England: Frederick Warne and Co., 1897, pp. 172-174.

 Oranges and lemons,
    Say the bells of St. Clement's.

   You owe me five farthings,
    Say the bells of St. Martin's.

    When will you pay me?
    Say the bells of Old Bailey.

    When I grow rich, 
    Say the bells of Shoreditch.

    When will that be?
    Say the bells of Stepney.

    I'm sure I don't know, 
    Says the great bell at Bow.

 Here comes a candle to light you to bed,
 Here comes a chopper to chop off your head.

Opie, Iona and Peter Opie, Comps. The Oxford Dictionary of Nursery Rhymes. Oxford, England: Clarendon Press, 1951, p.337. No. 392

 Gay go up and gay go down, 
 To ring the bells of London town. 

 Two sticks and an apple, 
 Say the bells at Whitechapel.

 Old Father Baldpate, 
 Say the slow bells at Aldgate. 

 Maids in white aprons, 
 Say the bells at St. Catherine's. 

 Oranges and lemons, 
 Say the bells of St. Clements's. 

 Pancakes and fritters, 
 Say the bells of St. Peter's.

 Bulls eyes and targets, 
 Say the bells of St. Margaret's. 

 Brickbats and tiles, 
 Say the bells of St. Giles.

 Kettles and pans, 
 Say the bells of St. Ann's.

 Pokers and tongs, 
 Say the bells of St. John's. 

 Halfpence and farthings, 
 Say the bells of St. Martin's.  

 You owe me ten shillings, 
 Say the bells of St. Helen's. 

 When will you pay me? 
 Say the bells of Old Bailey. 

 When I grow rich, 
 Say the bells of Fleetditch. 

 Pray, when will that be? 
 Say the bells of Stepney? 

 I am sure I don't know, 
 Say the great bell at Bow. 

 When I am old, 
 Say the bells at St. Paul's. 

 Here comes a candle to light you to bed, 
 Here comes a chopper to cut off your head. 

Baring-Gould, William S. and Cecil Baring-Gould, Eds. The Annotated Mother Goose: Nursery Rhymes Old and New. New York: Bramhall House, 1962, p. 253-254. No. 640