Cease your funning (Samuel Webbe Jr.)

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• (Posted 2022-01-03)  CPDL #67383: 

Editor: Christopher Shaw (submitted 2022-01-03).   Score information: A4, 1 page, 40 kB   Copyright: CC BY SA

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Title: Cease your funning
Composer: Samuel Webbe Jr.
Lyricist: John Gay^{create 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.

Original text and translations

English text

Cease your funning. Force or cunning
Never shall my heart trepan.
All your sallies are but malice
To seduce my constant man.
'Tis most certain, by their flirting
Women oft have envy shown;
Pleased to ruin others' wooing,
Never happy in their own.