Oliver Cromwell

The most interesting thing about King Charles the First
 Is that he was 5 foot 6 inches tall at the start of his reign
 But only 4 foot 8 inches tall at the end of it
 Because of
 Oliver Cromwell
 Lord Protector of England (Puritan)
 Born in 1599, died in 1658 (September)
 Was at first (only)
 MP for Huntingdon (but then)
 He led the Ironside Calvary at Marston Moor in 1644 and won
 Then he founded the New Model Army
 And, praise be, beat the Cavaliers at Naseby
 And the King fled up North, like a bat! Toward the Scots
 But under the terms of John Pimm's Solemn league and covenant
 The Scots handed King Charles the first over to
 Oliver Cromwell
 Lord Protector of England (and his warts)
 Born in 1599, died in 1658 (September)
 But, alas! (Oy vey!)
 Disagreement then broke out (between)
 The Presbyterian Parliament and the military who meant
 To have an independent bent and so
 The Second Civil War broke out
 And the Roundhead Ranks faced the Cavaliers at Preston, Lancs!
 And the King lost again, silly thing (stupid git)
 And Cromwell sent Colonel Pride to purge the House of Commons
 Of the Presbyterian Royalists, leaving behind only the rump Parliment
 Which appointed a High Court at Westminster Hall
 To indict Charles the First for
 Tyranny! (Ooohhh!)
 Charles was sentenced to death
 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
 Doooooown came the axe
 And in the silence that followed, the only sound that could be heard
 Was a solitary giggle, from
 Oliver Cromwell
 Lord Protector of England (Ole!)
 Born in 1599, Died in 1658 (September)
 Then he smashed (Ireland)
 Set up the commonwealth (and more)
 He crushed the Scots at Worcester
 And beat the Dutch at sea in 1653, and then
 He dissolved the Rump Parliament
 And with Lambeth's consent, wrote the Instrument of Government
 Under which Oliver was Protector at last!
 The End!