Lyrics - Oliver Cromwell by Monty Python

SPOKEN:
THE
MOST
INTERESTING
THING
ABOUTKING
CHARLES
I
IS
THAT
HE
WAS 5'6"
TALL
AT
THE
START
OF
HIS
REIGN,
BUT
ONLY 4'8"
AT
THE
END
OF
IT...
BECAUSE
OF...
Oliver
Cromwell,
Lord
Protecteur of
England
PURITANBorn in 1599 and died in 1658
SEPTEMBERWas at first
ONLYMP for
Huntingdon
BUT
THENHe led the
Ironside
Cavalry at
Marston
Moorin 1644 and won.
Then he founded the new model 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
SOLEMNLEAGUE
AND
COVENANT,
THE
SCOTS
HANDED
KINGCHARLES
I
OVER
TO...
Oliver
Cromwell,
Lord
Protecteur of
England
AND
HIS
WARTSBorn in 1599 and died in 1658
SEPTEMBERBut alas
OY
VAY!
Disagreement then broke out
BETWEENThe
Presbyterian
Parliament and the
Militarywho meant
To have an independent 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
SEND
COLONEL
PRIDE
TO
PURGE
THEHOUSE
OF
COMMONS
OF
THE
PRESBYTERIAN
ROYALISTSLEAVING
BEHIND
ONLY
THE
RUMP
PARLIAMENT...
Which appointed a
High
Court at
Westminster
Hall
To indict
Charles
I for...tyranny
OOOOHHH!
Charles was sentenced to death
Even though he refused to accept that the courthad...jurisdiction
SAY
GOODBYE
TO
HIS
HEADPoor
King
Charles laid his head on the block
JANUARY 1649
Down came the axe, and...
SPOKEN:
IN
THE
SILENCE
THAT
FOLLOWED,
THE
ONLY
SOUNDTHAT
COULD
BE
HEARD
WAS
A
SOLITARY
GIGGLE,
FROM...
Oliver
Cromwell,
Lord
Protecteur of
England
OLEBorn in 1599 and died in 1658
SEPTEMBERThen he smashed
IRELANDSet up the
Commonwealth
AND
MOREHe 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
Proctector at last
The end.

Return to songs by Monty Python.