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...
Have you shown a picture of this tree before, and did you say that you could climb right inside the hollowed out trunk?
ReplyDeleteDifferent tree, that was an oak, this is a beech at Fonthill lake, which is the location of the lake scene in Robin Hood Prince of Thieves with Kevin Costner and that beautiful actress with the instantly forgettable name!
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