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THE GUNPOWDER PLOT by ANONYMOUS

First Line: "REMEMBER, REMEMBER"
Last Line: AND A JOLLY GOOD BONFIRE TO ROAST HIM
Subject(s): GUNPOWDER PLOT;MNEMONICS; GUY FAWKES;

Remember, remember
The fifth of November,
The Gunpowder Treason and Plot;
I see no reason why gunpowder treason
Should ever be forgot.
A stick and a stake
For George's sake
So please remember the bonfire.
Fifty barrels lay below
To blow old England's overthrow.
With a dark lantern and a lighted match
That's the way old Guy was catch.
Holler, boys, holler; make the bells ring!
Holler, boys, holler; God save the King!
A rope! a rope! to hang the Pope,
A slice of cheese to choke him,
A gallon of beer to drink his health
And a jolly good bonfire to roast him.




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