Wee wee husband

Wee wee husband,
  Give me some money,
I have no comfits,
  And I have no honey.

Wee wee wifie,
  I have no money,
Milk, nor meat, nor bread to eat,
  Comfits, nor honey.

by Christina Georgina Rossetti (1830-1894) , no title, from Sing-song: a nursery rhyme book, published 1872

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

by Craig Sellar Lang (1891?-1971) , "Wee wee husband", published 1925 [voice and piano], from Kikirikee
by Martin Edward Fallas Shaw (1875-1958) , "Empty pockets", published 1917. [voice and piano]

Date added to the website: 2009-01-02.

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