Where is another, sweet as my sweet!

Where is another, sweet as my sweet!
Such another beneath the sky?
Fine little hands,
Fine little feet,
Fine little heart and dewy blue eye.
Shall I write to her?
Shall I go?
Ask her to marry me by and by?
Somebody said that she'd say no,
But somebody knows that she'll say ay!
Ay, ay, Ay, ay, Ay, ay!

Ah, my lady, if asked to her face;
Might say no, for she is but shy.
Fly, little letter, apace, apace,
Down to the light in the valley fly.
Fly to the light in the valley below,
Tell my wish to her dewy blue eye;
For somebody said that she'd say no,
But she won't say no,
And I'll tell you why:
She will say ay, ay, ay!

by Lord Alfred Tennyson (1809-1892) , no title, from The Windows, or The Loves of the Wrens, no. 6, published 1867, rev. 1871

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive)

by Cecil Burleigh (1885-1980) , "The letter", published 1917. [soprano or tenor and piano]
by Frederica Elvira Gambogi (?-1940) , "The letter", published c1922. [voice and piano]
by Alfred Humphries (or Humphreys) Pease (1838-1882) , "Ay!", published 1872. [voice and piano]
by Sir Arthur Sullivan (1842-1900) , "The letter", published 1871 [voice and piano], from The Window, or The Songs of the Wrens, no. 6.
by Sidney Thomson , "The letter", published 1893 [voice and piano], from Seven songs, no. ?
by Richard Henry Walthew (1872-1951) , "The letter", published 1898. [voice and piano]
by F. Cunningham Woods , "Where is another sweet", op. 1 (Six songs (Set 2)) no. ?, published 1891. [voice and piano]

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