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Remember, remember the fifth of November. Gunpowder Treason and Plot.....
Guy Fawkes Night, also known as Bonfire Night, is an annual even on the 5th November in the UK. It commemorates the events of the 5th November 1605, when Guy Fawkes, was arrested while guarding explosives which plotters had placed beneath the House Parliament. Celebrating the fact that King James I had survived the attempt on his life, people lit bonfires around London, and the day has been celebrated since in thanksgiving for the plot's failure.
| 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! 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 For King James's sake! If you won't give me one, I'll take two, The better for me, And the worse for you. A rope, a rope, to hang the Pope, A penn'orth of cheese to choke him, A pint of beer to wash it down, And a jolly good fire to burn him. Holloa, boys! holloa, boys! make the bells ring! Holloa, boys! holloa boys! God save the King! Hip, hip, hooor-r-r-ray! http://www.potw.org/archive/potw405.html |   |
