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

Government

Under which Oliver was Protector

at last

THE END