Old Song Composed in the time of George I.
The song illustrates the many changes of religion in the later Stuart period.
In good King Charles's golden days
When loyalty no harm meant,
A zealous High-Churchman was I,
And so I got preferment.
To teach my flock, I never missed,
Kings were by God appointed,
And damned are those that dare resist
Or touch the Lord's anointed.