Monty Python - The Oliver Cromwell Song

The Oliver Cromwell Song

Spoken:
The most interesting thing
about King Charles the First is that
he was five feet 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
(Puritan)
Born in 1599 and died in 1658
(September)
Was at first
(Only)
MP for Huntingdon
(But then)
He led the Ironside Cavalry at
Marston Moor, in 1664 and won
Then he founded the New
Model Army
And praise be! beat the Cavaliers
at Naisby
And the King fled up North, like
a bat to the Scots.

Spoken:
But under the terms of John
Pimm's solomn league and
covenant, the Scots handed King
Charles the First, over to...

Oliver Cromwell, Lord Protector
of England
(And his warts)
Born in 1599 and died in 1658
(September)
But alas
(Oy Vay!)
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)

Spoken:
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 the First for... tyranny
(Ooohhh!)
Charles was sentenced to death
Even though her 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...

Spoken:
In the silence that followed, the
only sound that could be heard was
the solitary giggle, from...

Oliver Cromwell, Lord Protector
of England
(OLE!)
Born in 1599 and 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