Lady on the Ocean- children (Lon) 1894 Chase, Gomme F
[My title. From: Dictionary of British Folk-lore, Volume 1; edited by G. Laurence Gomme, 1894 collected by Miss Chase.
R. Matteson 2017]
VI. There stands a lady on the ocean[1],
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.
Now you're married I wish you joy,
First a girl and then a boy;
Seven years old a son and daughter,
Play and cuddle and kiss together.
Kiss her once, kiss her twice,
Kiss her three times over. —Deptford (Miss Chase).
1. usually "mountain."