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Cromwell bested me. | Cromwell bested me. | ||
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Oliver Cromwell's dead | |||
No, no no no, he's outside looking in | |||
He'll fight but lose his head<br> | |||
Boiled in tar, keeps ravens fed<br> | |||
He remind use that he's dead | |||
Oliver Cromwell ... Oliver Cromwell ... | |||
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[[Oliver Cromwell (song)]] | |||
== Commentary == | == Commentary == | ||
Revision as of 12:37, 30 January 2021
"Cromwell Bested Me" is a short poem by Karl Jones.
Cromwell Bested Me
Karl Jones
I have a certain fascination—morbid, I hope—with Oliver Cromwell.
My Gnomon Chronicles wiki currently stands at 1,613 entries in Category:People (nonfiction).
Of these, the vaster portion embraces mathematicians, scientists, scholars, philosophers — even theologians and economists are not exempted from service, when their lives and dogma can be brought to harness for my purposes.
Very, very few who lack all of the above qualities make it past my watchful vanity.
But I cannot evade the truth:
Cromwell bested me.
Moody Blues parody
Oliver Cromwell's dead
No, no no no, he's outside looking in
He'll fight but lose his head
Boiled in tar, keeps ravens fed
He remind use that he's deadOliver Cromwell ... Oliver Cromwell ...
Commentary
You look nervous. Is it the warts and all?
From "If Cromwell Were the Joker" (a Heath Ledger Mystery)
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