lirik lagu traditional english folk - the vicar of bray
[verse 1]
in good king charles’s golden days
when loyalty no harm meant;
a zealous high~church man i was
and so i gain’d preferment
unto my flock i daily preach’d
kings are by god appointed
and d~mn’d are those who dare resist
or touch the lord’s anointed
[chorus]
and this is law i will maintain
unto my dying day, sir
that whatsoever king may reign
i will be the vicar of bray, sir!
[verse 2]
when royal james possessed the crown
and popery grew in fashion;
the penal law i shouted down
and read the declaration
the church of rome i found would fit
full well my constitution
and i had been a jesuit
but for the revolution
[chorus]
and this is law i will maintain
unto my dying day, sir
that whatsoevеr king may reign
i will be the vicar of bray, sir!
[verse 3]
whеn william our deliverer came
to heal the nation’s grievance
i turned the cat in pan again
and swore to him allegiance
old principles i did revoke
set conscience at a distance
passive obedience is a joke
a jest is non~resistance
[chorus]
and this is law i will maintain
unto my dying day, sir
that whatsoever king may reign
i will be the vicar of bray, sir!
[verse 4]
when royal anne became our queen
then church of england’s glory
another face of things was seen
and i became a tory
occasional conformists base
i d~mn’d, and moderation
and thought the church in danger was
from such prevarication
[chorus]
and this is law i will maintain
unto my dying day, sir
that whatsoever king may reign
i will be the vicar of bray, sir!
[verse 5]
when george in pudding time came o’er
and moderate men looked big, sir
my principles i changed once more
and so became a whig, sir
and thus preferment i procured
from our faith’s great defender
and almost every day abjured
the pope, and the pretender
[chorus]
and this is law i will maintain
unto my dying day, sir
that whatsoever king may reign
i will be the vicar of bray, sir!
[verse 6]
the ill~strious house of hanover,18
and protestant succession
to these i l~stily will swear
whilst they can keep possession:
for in my faith, and loyalty
i never once will falter
but george, my lawful king shall be
except the times should alter
[chorus]
and this is law i will maintain
unto my dying day, sir
that whatsoever king may reign
i will be the vicar of bray, sir!
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