Spoken
The most interesting thing
About King Charles I is that
He was 5'6" tall at the start
Of his regin, but only 4'8"
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 1644 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 Primm's
solomn league and cvenant
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!
Disagree then broke out
BETWEEN
The Presbyterian Parliament
and the military who meant
To have an independant bent and so...
The 2nd 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 I for... tyranny!
OOOOHHHH!!!
Charles was sentenced to death
Even though he refused to accept
That the court had... jurisdiction!
SAY GOOD-BYE 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 a 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 Government
Under which Oliver was protector at last
The end!
Singer: Eric Idle
Originally From: Monty Python Sings
