Happy Gunpowder Plot Day!
Make up a Guy to get mad at
Nothing like good old sectarianism, eh? What could go wrong with that!
Much of the Gunpowder plot was hatched in Northamptonshire (my neck of the woods)
We used to celebrate Guy Fawkes Night here in Oz, with a big open fire in a safe(ish) spot.
The government put a stop to that in the name of Public Safety.
I didn't see any injuries but there must have been enough idiots about to tip the balance. So fireworks were banned.
The government put a stop to that in the name of Public Safety.
I didn't see any injuries but there must have been enough idiots about to tip the balance. So fireworks were banned.
Anyway, we made up a Guy Fawkes Day song (sung to This Old Man):
Once this Guy was alive
But way back in 1605
He was tried and hung for Treason 'gainst the Crown
For trying to burn the whole thing down
See this Guy was in a lurch
He didn't like the Anglican Church
Or the way the Government made him pay a fee
If he didn't go voluntarily
Guy thought this was a crock
'Cause he was of Recusant stock
So he got together with 12 other drunken sots
And fomented the Gunpowder Plot
This plot had just one hitch
Someone went to the cops and snitched
Well the cops heard the tale and they were just aghast
And they got medieval on Guy Fawkes' ass
The big trial was no fun
In the end just 8 were hung
And so that Guy's name will live on in infamy (note: sarcasm!)
Now we burn him in effigy
Goooooooooooooooo FAWKES! (everyone cheers)
THE END