KNIVES FOR FAWKES

by David G Dickenson

FIRES AND FIREWORKS, LIGHTS IN THE SKY
ROCKETS AND BANGERS ROMAN CANDLES ON HIGH
SENDING THE MESSAGE EACH YEAR FOR TO SEE
HOW CATHOLICS FOUGHT HARD THEIR FAITH TO BE FREE

SO REMEMBER HOW LONG IT TOOK FOR TO BUILD
THE HOUSES OF PARLIAMENT STILL STAND AND ARE FILLED
A PROTESTANT LAND IT WAS TO REMAIN
THE PLOTTERS WOULD DIE THEIR QUEST WAS IN VAIN

HOW DRASTIC THE MEASURES FOR JAMES THEY HAD SOUGHT
TO BLOW UP HIS ENTOURAGE HOME AND HIS COURT
YET CAUGHT IN THE ACT THIS TREASON WAS FOILED
THEIR GUNPOWDER PLOT WAS AVERTED AND SPOILED

SO REMEMBER THIS NIGHT WHEN DARING DID FAIL
ROBERT GATESBY, GUY FAUKES AND THE REST DID AVAIL
THEIR CHANCE TO BRING FAIRNESS TO FAITH WAS PUT DOWN
AND BONFIRES ABOUND FOR SAVING THE CROWN