A Guy Named Fawkes
Penny for the guy mister
A young lad asks politely
In the pram sits a lifeless shell
An effigy of a man once mighty
A reminder to me of my past
When as a mere innocent boy
I too created a lifelike guy
To pay for my firework joy
Back in the sands of time
The year 1605 to be precise
A dastardly plot was hatched
Gunpowder was the apt device
To blow up the House of Lords
And with it King James 1st
On the 5th November all set
An occasion to do their worst
The conspirators wait anon
It’s all gone so very wrong
Guy Fawkes discovered & thwarted
Tortured in the London Tower
Hanged drawn and quartered
Celebrated with a vengeance
Like a lamb to the slaughter
Burning on a bonfire vista
Penny for the guy mister
