"He Goes to Church on Sunday" is a popular song published in 1907 with lyrics by Vincent Bryan and music by E. Ray Goetz.
[1] It was first introduced by Eddie Foy in the Broadway production of the musical comedy The Orchid.
[2] The song tells the stories of men who defraud people, but are considered honest because they go to church on Sundays.
Its popularity was attested by British children's rhymes in 1959's The Lore and Language of Schoolchildren: Mr. MacDonald is a good man He goes to church on Sunday.
He prays to God to give him strength To whip the boys on Monday