REMEMBER THE GUNPOWDER PLOT!
RHYME & TREASON.
Remember remember the 5th of November – lyrics, meaning and quote explained. IT'S easy to remember when Bonfire Night takes place thanks to one catchy rhyme.
But what are the lyrics to Remember, Remember The Fifth of November and what is the meaning behind this old-age rhyme?
After that there are very different verses that may be included. One goes:
Guy Fawkes, Guy Fawkes, 'twas his intent
To blow up the King and the Parliament
Three score barrels of powder below
Poor old England to overthrow
By God's providence he was catch'd
With a dark lantern and burning match
Holler boys, holler boys, let the bells ring
Holler boys, holler boys, God save the King!
The Gunpowder Plot of 1605 was a failed assassination attempt against King James I by a group of provincial English Catholics.
Warwickshire-born Catholic Robert Catesby and his friends planned to kill the King, his ministers and scores of nobles by blowing up the Palace of Westminster during the State Opening of Parliament on November 5, 1605.
The plotters rented a house nearby and managed to smuggle 36 barrels of gunpowder - around 2.5 tons - into a cellar under the palace ready to blow it sky high.
Such a blast would have killed not only the intended victims, but hundred if not thousands of Londoners.
The explosives were discovered with hours to spare after an anonymous tip-off warning one peer to stay away.
Those plotting alongside Robert Catesby were John and Christopher Wright, Robert and Thomas Wintour, Thomas Percy, Guy Fawkes, Robert Keyes, Thomas Bates, John Grant, Ambrose Rookwood, Sir Everard Digby and Francis Tresham.
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