Monty Python: Oliver Cromwell

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 englandPuritanBorn in 1599 and died in 1658SeptemberWas at firstOnlyMp for huntingdonBut thenHe led the ironside cavalry at marston moor in 1644 and won.Then he founded the new model armyAnd praise be, beat the cavaliers at nazebyAnd the king fled up north like a bat!To the scots.But under the terms of john pym's solemn league and covenant, the scots handed king charles the first,Over to...Oliver cromwell, lord protector of englandAnd his wartsBorn in 1599 and died in 1658SeptemberBut alas!Oy vey!Disagreement then broke outBetweenThe presbyterian parliament and the military who meantTo have an independent bent.And so...the second civil war broke outAnd the roundhead ranksFaced the cavaliers at preston, lancs!And the king lost again, silly thingStupid gitAnd cromwell send 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 hallTo indict charles the first for...TyrannyOooohhh!Charles was sentenced to deathEven though he refused to accept that the court had...JurisdictionSay goodbye to his headPoor king charles laid his head on the blockJanuary 1649Down came the axe, and...In the silence that followed, the only sound that could be heard, was a solitary giggle,From...Oliver cromwell, lord protector of englandOleBorn in 1599 and died in 1658SeptemberThen he smashedIrelandSet up the commonwealthAnd moreHe crushed the scots at worcesterAnd beat the dutch at seaIn 1653 and thenHe dissolved the rump parliamentAnd with lambert's consentWrote the instrument of governmentUnder which oliver was protector at lastThe end!