The Vicar of Bray

X:1     
T:The Vicar of Bray    
B:Sabine Baring Gould, 1895, Old English Songs from English Minstrelsie, 1895
F: http://www.folkinfo.org/songs
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w:In good King_ Char-les's gold-en days, When loy-al-ty no harm meant,
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w: A zea-lous_ High Church-man was I, And so I got pre-fer-ment; 
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w:To teach my flock I nev-er_ miss'd, Kings were by_ God ap-*point-ed, 
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w:And damn'd are_ those that do re-sist, Or touch the Lord's a-noint-ed. 
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w:And this is_ law that I'll main--tain Un-til my_ dy-ing_ day, Sir, 
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w:That what-so-*ev-er king may reign, Still I'll be the Vic-ar of Bray, Sir 

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