And sacred to it, our obedience is exacted,
Each social gradation, by which we stand or fall, sir,
Is wisely ordain’d for the welfare of all, sir.
CHORUS.
Virtue, innocence, integrity, I know are protected,
Audacity and crime are punish’d when detected,
True freedom gave the pow’r, in hatred and aversion,
To tyranny in all its forms, excesses, and coercion.
CHORUS.
My religion’s purely christian, the law’s establish’d church, sir,