THE MOST INTERESTING THING ABOUT KING CHARLES I IS THAT HE WAS 5'6" TALL AT THE START OF HIS REIGN, BUT ONLY 4'8" AT THE END OF IT... Oliver Cromwell, Lord Protecteur of England BECAUSE OF... PURITAN Born in 1599 and died in 1658 SEPTEMBER Was at first ONLY MP for Huntingdon He led the Ironside Cavalry at Marston Moor BUT THEN in 1644 and won. And praise be, beat the Cavaliers at Naisby Then he founded the new model model army Scots. And the King fled up North like a bat to the SPOKEN: BUT UNDER THE TERMS OF JOHN PIMM'S SOLEMN CHARLES I OVER TO... LEAGUE AND COVENANT, THE SCOTS HANDED KING Oliver Cromwell, Lord Protecteur of England AND HIS WARTS SEPTEMBER Born in 1599 and died in 1658 But alas OY VAY! Disagreement then broke out BETWEEN The Presbyterian Parliament and the Military To have an independent bent. who meant And so... And the Roundhead ranks The 2nd Civil War broke out And the King lost again, silly thing Faced the Cavaliers at Preston Banks STUPID GIT SPOKEN: AND CROMWELL SEND COLONEL PRIDE TO PURGE THE LEAVING BEHIND ONLY THE RUMP PARLIAMENT... HOUSE OF COMMONS OF THE PRESBYTERIAN ROYALISTS Which appointed a High Court at Westminster Hall To indict Charles I for...tyranny Charles was sentenced to death OOOOHHH! Even though he 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... THAT COULD BE HEARD WAS A SOLITARY GIGGLE, SPOKEN: IN THE SILENCE THAT FOLLOWED, THE ONLY SOUND FROM... Oliver Cromwell, Lord Protecteur of England OLE Born in 1599 and died in 1658 Then he smashed SEPTEMBER IRELAND Set up the Commonwealth AND MORE And beat the Dutch at sea In 1653 and then He crushed the Scots at Worcester He dissolved the Rump Parliament And with Lambert's consent Wrote the instrument of Government Under which Oliver was Proctector at last The end.