English Folk Verse (c.1870) - The Fifth of November Remember, remember! The fifth of November, The Gunpowder treason and plot; I know of no reason Why the Gunpowder treason Should ever be forgot! That's the only portion of this poem I have known up until now, however this year I came across the rest which I have to say I am not in complete agreeance with. Guy Fawkes and his companions Did the scheme contrive, To blow the King and Parliament All up alive. Threescore barrels, laid below, To prove old England's overthrow. But, by God's providence, him they catch, With a dark lantern, lighting a match! A stick and a stake...
Sounds like something Spike Milligan might say.
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Told you i was ill.
T-bone
Have you been playing with photoshop?
ReplyDeleteVery nice edge effects. At first I thought it was a photo of a painted silk scarf.
Hey T-Bone! Apparently a long time ago Spike Milligan was getting nasty letters from the bank regarding the state of his account. He wrote to them and said that every month he put all the names of people he owed money to in a hat. He would then take one out and the name he drew out was the person who got paid, and if the bank didn't stop writing him nasty letters he would stop putting their name in the hat!
ReplyDeleteI have to confess I have been playing but the colour is genuine and was taken on 5th November. We lit our chimney....er and toasted the memory of Guy Fawkes.
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