Title Ballad of the Caps, The (t) 
Short Title Pills 4, 1719-20 
Page 157-9 
Genre  SC 
Country 
Instruments  VO 
Incipit  //13/234//342/7-7-//17-6-/6-21 
First Line Wit hath long beholding been, The (fl) 
Burden Text For any cap, whate'er it be, &c. (bt) 
Verses 11 
Stress Notes  123716 
Intervals  3,-2,2,2,-2,2,-3,-3,2,-2,-2,4,-2, 
Time Signature 6/4 
Do
Date 1719-1720 
Number P4.73 
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