Choose the one you love the best, Choose the merriest of the lot. Now you’re married I wish you joy-- First a girl and then a boy. Seven years old and ... Play and cuddle and kiss together-- Kiss her once, kiss her twice, Kiss her three times over. or 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. Madam will you walk it, Madam will you talk it, Madam will you marry me? No! Not if I buy you a silver spoon To feed your baby every afternoon? Madam will you walk it etc. No! Not if I buy you a nice silk hat With seven yards of ribbon hanging down the back? Madam will you walk it etc. No! Not if I buy you the keys of Heaven To let yourself in at half-past seven? Madam will you walk it etc. Yes! Go to church, love (repeat) Go to church, love,--Farewell. Put your ring on (repeat) Put your ring on,--Farewell. What for breakfast, love (repeat) What for breakfast, love,--Farewell. Boiled eggs and bread and butter (repeat twice) On the mountain,--Farewell. What’s for dinner, love (repeat) What’s for dinner love,--Farewell. Roast beef and plum pudding (repeat twice) On the mountain,--Farewell. What’s for tea, love (repeat) What’s for tea, love,--Farewell. Bread and butter, water-cress (repeat twice) On the mountain,--Farewell. What for supper, love (repeat) What for supper, love,--Farewell. Squashed flies and blackbeetles, Squashed flies and blackbeetles, Squashed flies and blackbeetles, On the mountain,--Farewell. or Now I’m off to the butcher’s shop, There I stay no longer. If I do, mother will say, Naughty girl to disobey, And play with the boys down yonder. Come in my (Ellen) dear, While I go out. And if you like these chants, here are the beginnings of a few more:-- Oxford boys are very nice boys, Cambridge boys are better-- and Handy-Pandy, sugar-de-candy, French almond rock-- and Hoky Poky, penny a lump, The more you eat, the more you jump-- and There was an old lady of Botany Bay: What have you got to sell today-- and (an old one) All in together--all sorts of (or _frosty_) weather-- When the wind blows we all go together-- and (a very old one) Here we come gathering nuts in May (they now call it: _and_ May) On a cold and frosty morning-- and (quite a new one) Soldier, Soldier, you may be Just come home from Germany-- and A house to let, enquire within, And please to call my Nellie in-- and Hot boiled beans and melted butter: Ladies and gentlemen, come to supper-- and Gladys, Gladys, come out tonight, The moon is shining bright-- and O tonight is Saturday night, Tomorrow will be Sunday-- and (a very old one)