by Christina Georgina Rossetti (1830 - 1894)
Wee wee husband
Language: English
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.
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Authorship:
- by Christina Georgina Rossetti (1830 - 1894), no title, appears in Sing-song: a nursery rhyme book, first published 1872 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
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 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Martin Edward Fallas Shaw (1875 - 1958), "Empty pockets", published 1917 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
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This text was added to the website: 2009-01-02
Line count: 8
Word count: 33