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Oliver Cromwell (Explicit) - Monty Python |
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The most interesting thing |
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About King Charles the First |
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Is that he was 5 foot 6 inches tall |
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At the start of his reign |
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But only 4 foot 8 inches tall |
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At the end of it |
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Because of |
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Oliver Cromwell |
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Lord Protector of England Puritan |
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Born in 1599 Died in 1658 September |
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Was at first only |
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MP for Huntington but then |
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He led the Ironside Calvary |
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At Marston Moor in 1644 and won |
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Then he founded the new model army |
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And praise be |
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Beat the Cavaliers at Naisby |
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And the King fled up North |
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Like a bat |
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Toward the Scots |
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But under the terms of |
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John Pimm's Solemn league and covenant |
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The Scots handed King Charles the first |
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Over to |
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Oliver Cromwell |
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Lord Protector of England and his warts |
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Born in 1599 Died in 1658 September |
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But alas Oy vey |
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Disagreement then broke out between |
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The Presbyterian Parliament |
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And the military who meant |
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To have an independent bent and so |
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The second Civil War broke out |
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And the Roundhead Ranks faced |
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The Cavaliers at Preston Banks |
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And the King lost again silly thing |
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Stupid git |
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And Cromwell sent Colonel Pride |
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To purge the House of Commons |
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Of the Presbyterian Royalists |
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Leaving behind only the rump Parliment |
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Which appointed a High Court |
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At Westminster Hall |
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To indict Charles the First for |
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TYRANNY Ooohhh |
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Charles was sentenced to death |
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Even though he refused to accept |
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That the court had |
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Jurisdiction |
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Say goodbye to his head |
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Poor King Charles laid his head |
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On the block |
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January 1649 |
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Down came the ax gasp |
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And in the silence that followed |
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The only sound that could be heard |
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Was a solitary giggle from |
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Oliver Cromwell |
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Lord Protector of England Ole |
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Born in 1599 Died in 1658 September |
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Then he smashed Ireland |
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Set up the commonwealth and more |
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He crushed the Scots at Worcester |
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And beat the Dutch at sea in 1653 |
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And then |
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He dissolved the Rump Parliament |
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And with Lambeth's consent |
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Wrote the Instrument of Government |
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Under which Oliver was Protector at last |
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The End |
