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CG-NL.775.005
20 Jan 1775:41 (12/584)
From the Massachusetts Spy. The following parody on the
Ballad of the Vicar of Bray, contains the same sentiments
which have always actuated a Provincial General Officer, who
in September last most shamefully deserted his colours.
In George the second's golden days,
When mod'rate men look'd big Sir;
My country's rights I did maintain,
Of course I was a Whig Sir;
And so preferment I procur'd,
By our true faith's defender,
And always ev'ry day abjur'd
The Pope and the Pretender.
And this is law I will maintain
Until my dying day Sir,
That whatsoever King Shall reign
I will receive my pay Sir.
. . . [3 Verses with burden "And this is law, &c."]
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