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LADY ON THE MOUNTAIN |
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Choose you east, and choose you west, Choose you the one as you love best.
Now Sally's got married we wish her good joy,
First a girl and then a boy;
Twelve months a'ter a son and da'ter,
Pray young couple, kiss together.
—Berrington (Shropshire Folk-lore, pp. 509, 510).
IV. Stands a lady on the mountain, Who she is I do not know; All she wants is gold and silver, All she wants is a nice young beau. Take her by the lily-white hand, Lead her across the water; Give her kisses, one, two, three, For she is her mother's daughter.
—Shipley, Horsham (Notes and Queries, 8th series, i. 210, Miss Busk).
V. There stands a lady on a mountain, Who she is I do not know; All she wants is gold and silver, All she wants is a nice young man.
Now she's married I wish her joy, First a girl and then a boy; Seven years after son and daughter, Pray young couple kiss together.
Kiss her once, kiss her twice, Kiss her three times three.
—Wrotham, Kent (Miss D. Kimball).
VI. There stands a lady on the ocean [mountain], Who she is I do not know her; All she wants is gold or silver, All she wants is a nice young man.
Choose once, choose twice, Choose three times over. VOL. I. X |
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