Now you’re married I wish you joy,
Father and mother you must obey;
Love one another like sister and brother,
And pray, young couple, come kiss one another.

—Colchester (Miss G. M. Frances).

III.

Here 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.

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).