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