Lady on the Mountain - children (Sus) 1905 Gilchrist
[From: Anne Geddes Gilchrist Collection (AGG/1/18a/19B), she calls it, "The usual Sussex marriage formula" perhaps comparing it to: Children's Games communicated by Miss Nina Layard of Ipswich in Suffolk Folk-lore, Issue 37, Part 2 edited by Lady Eveline Camilla Gurdon, 1893.
R. Matteson 2017]
Lady on the Mountain, dated May 1905 from Highfields, Blackham Sussex; collector: Gilchrist Anne G.
"There 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 man.
Please to choose a nice young man.
Now young couple you must be good,
And make your husband chop the wood.