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Edited on Fri Mar-11-05 01:09 AM by elperromagico
was that he was five foot, six inches tall at the start of his reign but only four foot, eight inches tall at the end of it because of...
Oliver Cromwell, Lord Protector of England Born in 1599, died in 1658 (September) Was at first only MP for Huntingdon but then He led the Ironsides Cavalry at Marston Moor in 1544 And won
Then he established the New Model Army And, praise be, led the Cavaliers at Naisby And the King fled up north LIKE A BAT To the Scots
But under the terms of John Pimm's Solemn League and Covenant, the Scots handed King Charles I over to...
Oliver Cromwell, Lord Protector of England (and his warts) Born in 1599, died in 1658 (September) But, alas (oy vey!) disagreement then broke out between The Presbyterian Parliament and the military who meant to have an independent bent And so
The second Civil War broke out And the Roundhead ranks faced the Cavaliers at Preston Banks And the King lost again, silly thing (Stupid git)
And Cromwell sent Colonel Pride to purge the House of Commons of the Presbyterian Royalists, leaving behind only the Rump Parliament...
... which appointed a High Court at Westminster Hall To indict Charles I for... tyranny (ooh!!)
Charles was sentenced to death Even though he refused to accept That the court had... jurisdiction (Say goodbye to his head!)
Poor King Charles laid his head On the block (January 1649) Down came the axe, and...
... in the silence that followed, the only sound that could be heard was a solitary giggle... from...
Oliver Cromwell, Lord Protector of England (olé!) Born in 1599, died in 1658 (September) Then he SMASHED Ireland, set up the Commonwealth, and more He crushed the Scots at Worcester and beat the Dutch at sea in 1653 And then...
He dissolved the Rump Parliament And with Lambert's consent, Wrote the instrument of government Under which Oliver was Protector at last
THE END!
- "Oliver Cromwell," Monty Python
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