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  • The True Story of the Real Guy Fawkes

    The True Story of the Real Guy Fawkes

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    by

    Brandon Coates (Goat)
    in

    Remember, remember, the Fifth of November,The Gunpowder Treason and Plot;I know of no reason why the Gunpowder TreasonShould ever be forgot! Guy Fawkes, Guy Fawkes, ’twas his intentTo blow up the King and the Parliament.Three-score barrels of powder below,To prove old England’s overthrow;By God’s providence he was catch’d,With a dark lantern and burning match.Holloa boys,…