O ponder well (Samuel Webbe Jr.)

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Editor: Christopher Shaw (submitted 2022-01-03).   Score information: A4, 1 page, 30 kB   Copyright: CC BY SA
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Title: O ponder well
Composer: Samuel Webbe Jr.
Lyricist: John Gaycreate page
Number of voices: 3vv   Voicing: STB
Genre: SecularGlee

Language: English
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1805
Description: One of six airs selected from the Beggar's Opera and harmonized by Webbe for concert performance.

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Original text and translations

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O ponder well, be not severe,
So save a wretched wife;
For on the tree that hangs my dear
Depends poor Polly's life.