In _Long Ago_, ii. 130, Mr. Scarlett Potter mentions that in South Warwickshire it was customary at harvest-homes to give a kind of dramatic performance. One piece, called “The Hiring,” represents a farmer engaging a man, in which work done by the man, the terms of service, and food to be supplied, are stated in rhymes similar to the above. See “Lammas.” Lady on the Mountain [Music] —Barnes, Surrey (A. B. Gomme). I. 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. Choose one, choose two, choose the fairest one of the two. The fairest one that I can see, Is pretty ——, walk with me. —Barnes, Surrey (A. B. Gomme). II. There lives 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. Choose one, choose two, Choose the fairest of the few. 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). 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.