Monty Python - Oliver Cromwell lyrics

Spoken: The most interesting thing about King
Charles the first is that he
Was 5 foot 6 inches tall at
The start of his reign
But only 4 foot 8 inches tall
At the end of itbecause 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
Pimm's Solemn 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 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

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
OOOHHH! 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
Spoken: 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 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