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)

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
