The Corner

An American Vicar of Bray

Following my attempt last week to update that early 18th-century song “The

Vicar of Bray,” a reader down in the Gnat Belt has pointed me to a

Revolutionary-era American song along the same lines, spoofing the wavering

loyalties of some colonists.

John Derbyshire — Mr. Derbyshire is a former contributing editor of National Review.
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