The Vicar of Bray (song)
18th century British satirical song / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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"The Vicar of Bray" is an eighteenth century satirical song[1] recounting the career of The Vicar of Bray and his contortions of principle in order to retain his ecclesiastic office despite the changes in the Established Church through the course of several English monarchs. The song is particularly interesting because of the number of (rather specific) allusions to English religious and political doctrines and events crammed into it, justifying the close reading and annotation given here.
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