Monty Python - Oliver Cromwell (Official Lyric Video)
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Sing along to "Oliver Cromwell" with this official karaoke-style Monty Python lyric video.
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They did a sequel called "Richard Cromwell" but it was too short to notice.
They couldn't find anyone to support the recording :D
Yes, Dick is too short to notice.
I see what you did there!
Fun fact Oliver Cromwell actually did have a son named Richard Cromwell. He wasn’t nearly as cool
Saint Stalin
As a visiting Englishman, Richard Cromwell was once invited to dine with Armand de Bourbon, Prince of Conti, who was unaware of who he was. At dinner, the prince questioned Richard Cromwell about affairs in England and observed, "Well, that Oliver, tho' he was a traitor and a villain, was a brave man, had great parts, great courage, and was worthy to command; but that Richard, that coxcomb and poltroon, was surely the basest fellow alive; what is become of that fool?" Richard Cromwell replied, "He was betrayed by those he most trusted, and who had been most obliged by his father".
This song saved me in history class when we took the English Civil War. Kinda hard to forget the story when that nasal voice of Eric Idle and John Cleese singing it right into my ears.
Only reason I passed A-level history
All history lessons should be sung by Monty Python 😁
Quoth the raven
And Gil Scott Heron.
This was a nudge at Schoolhouse Rock?
Oh, the chagrin,
I also think Sex Ed should be taught by Mr. Bean!
This is so awful, it might work.
geek factor = epic
See and recommend "BoomBustBoom"!
bc we're clearly hosed.
I actually analyzed precisely this in history class.
Edgar Allan Poe
I'm just a poe boy and nobody loves me
He's just a poe boy from a poe family
Sabaton works well as well
"The he smashed Ireland" is certainly one way to describe it
"Oliver Cromwell, may he burn in Hell."
right! i was also like, heys boys way to gloss over a genocide
His actions there and in Scotland deserve a separate song really.
And the genocide of the White Europeans has been continuing to this day, oy vey!
Yes, but the Irish weren't saints themselves
Now I really want a Monty Python/Horrible Histories crossover. Imagine John Cleese helping out with a Stupid Deaths skit....
Oh my god, that would be heaven. that has got to happen!
Oh my god it would have been perfect.
Python did the original stupid deaths sketch. Cleese, in role as Mozart, introduced a show focusing on famous deaths. They even had a league table.😂Without Python, there would be no Horrible Histories.
Monty Python were really *ahead* of the game with this one.
That’s really the way to get ahead in life
they were *mindful* of there audience
I aced my English History exam in college thanks to this song.
I would like to go to your college, sir!
It worked?
Blimey!
I was so happy when I was old enough to watch it properly.
I figured the Scottish cannon fodder situation watching M*A*S*H Dad who was So Roman Catholic,
he could explain everything or scare people away with Amway products and a sales pitch for World Book Encyclopedia.
6'0 George Washington with an afro outside the DC Beltway.
The Python Troup should be knighted, lightly flogged and bajillionaired with a platinum Nobel Peace Prize. ISUN (I shit you not)
How? This song is just a recitation of facts there's no analysis any halfway decent history course these days should be concentrating on making you think not just recall. All my history exams were about why things happened not just what happened and that was more than a decade ago.
@@ElizabethJones-pv3sjI guess it was simple! Probably this recitation song encouraged
@@ElizabethJones-pv3sj I guess this recitation prompted him to find out more about Cromwell, Charles I, NMA, Iron Side and sir Not appearing in this song Laud
I didn't expect Chopin's Polonaise there!
Nobody expects!... Oh wait.
I wonder what he would have thought about this adaptation
the Spanish Inquisition!
In fact, those who do expect it...
Some things can't be unheard. Everytime I hear this tune I'm thinking about poor king Charles...
This is pretty much the most info I've found online about Oliver Cromwell and he has his own website. Thank you Monty Python for always being there in my life when I need you. I have a history final tomorrow and one of the ID questions will hopefully still be about him.
How did that paper go
@@sjsbviufvibwvuspi It's history now.
If only all History lessons were taught like this
+MrDEATHBYGINGER Heh. That would be great
I, sir, am a ginger. Just thought I'd take the opportunity to sharpen this axe . . . There. That's about got it. Now carry on, noting that I will be watching.
An Englishmen lol
Years later...they got King Charles the 2nd! He brought back Christmas, sport, theater, and more!
My friend Lisa played this piece in high school at a Solo and Ensemble contest. I was in the room to lend support, before I realized that this was the song she was playing. So hard not to sing along!
I ended up with a CD copy of "Monty Python Sings" in the 90's and THIS is the song that stuck in my mind for nearly 30 years.
Ha! Same, often find myself singing it at the bus stop.
OMG ME TOO!!!!!
That cd/album/whatever the kids are calling it these days isn’t on Spotify, and I’m so disappointed.
But now I’m here with you guys!!
Update: Cromwell wasn't at Charles's execution but did actually giggle while signing the Death Warrant.
'twas a snigger.
It’s the little things that that make history fun
I took an English Military History class in college and having some background knowledge of the English Civil War, I studied for the exam solely by listening to this song over and over again. It saved my ass on the essay with all the dates mentioned. I got an A+ too on the test!
Mr. Cleese is not a member of that little troupe who is best known for his singing abilities. But I respect the educational purpose of the song.
His singing in this style just makes it all the more funny. That falsetto bit towards the end is my favourite part of the whole song.
Get the Joke! Good sir that is quite incorrect. Look up a little ditty called Eric the half a bee. Good day to you sir!!!
Whaddaya expect? He has had a ferret stuck up his nose since 1968!
The Great Polonaise in A flat major.... The Heroic Polonaise!
The man who strikes terror into the heart of every Charles
The only reason I know anything about Oliver Cromwell!
LOL.
I've been a fan of Monty Python for years. But somehow didn't realize this song was by them when my AP Euro teacher used this song. Only now, about seven years later, while looking up the song for my boyfriend, playing Europa, have I realized the truth.
I guess I really sucked at paying attention in AP Euro.
My favourite Monty song....and of course the medical song. 🤣🤣🤣
Actually a better summary than the text book I've been using. . .
Having a hard time finding contemporary sources that discuss the "single solitary giggle" which is what I'm writing my history dissertation on rn.
I can only imagine that after the musicians saw what they were doing for this performance they revolted, and it must have been glorious.
Monty Python is the best history teacher I’ve ever had.
Whenever someone mentions "King Charles" now I get this stuck my head
That #NotMyKing tweet where it had Cromwell’s statue brought me here
We're just learning about this in my class right now. This song gave me an edge on everyone else haha.
The best thing about this is puritans, such as Cromwell, see music as sinful - Olly himself had it banned when he was in charge. He would have absolutely despised this, making it all the more deliciously hilarious!
Not true.
Almost there, except that Cromwell is well recorded as having a great love of music.
I LOVE Monty Python...but don't get your history from them! Cromwell was a complicated man but loved music and wine and song. He banned Christmas but allowed the Jewish people to return to England. His legacy is tarnished by some actions but was a living man who should not be reduced to parody, although this is a great one.
For clarification on the Puritan position (myself being one), it is that musical instruments are a violation of the Regulative Principle of Worship. Meaning, the issue that Puritan Christians have is not music in general but musical instruments specifically in the worship of God. Most certainly not music in general for we are called to sing the Psalms, and surely Cromwell did this as a good Congregationalist Puritan. Hope that clarifies things :)
Incorrect, cletis.
And his warts
My introduction to Monty Python was my tenth grade Global history teacher playing us this song. My reaction was somewhere between "this is awesome" and "wtf did I just listen to."
Mr. Merriam, if you're out there, thank you. :D
Always an appropriate reaction to Monty Python
I really like this song. Peak British humour.
To quote Dave King of Flogging Molly, "Nothing like a good song about a bad bastard, is there?"
"... he was 5'6" tall at the start of his reign, but only 4'8" tall at the end of it." I mean that is one damned good history lesson there. And yes, it helped my high school history too. Lol.
And now once again we have another Charles on the throne.
They use Chopin as base, really beautiful
Strangely relevant at the moment.
and the head of King Charles was held aloft, and the axeman shouted "This is the head of a traitor!" and the people said "No it's not! It's a pumpkin with a mustache on it!!"
It certainly ends on a high note.
I wish they had made a video for this song. If it was only half as funny as the song, then it would be riotous! Loved this song since I got a cassette tape of monty python's songs.
The funniest part it is actually quite informative.
All I need to know about Oliver Cromwell, I learned from Monty Python. :)
I need to try and work "stupid git" into my everyday conversations
I wouldn't have thought there was any shortage of opportunity at the moment.
The song that helped me memorize things at uni
I thought it was "Preston, Lancs," as in the abbreviation for Lancashire pronounced as a word. That's where Preston is. There's a river there, too, the Ribble.
And indeed there was a battle there in 1648, won by the Roundheads.
I was about to say. I’ve always heard it as “Preston, Lancs” not “Preston Banks” as it says here. I think it’s been transcribed wrong.
I’ve listened over a few times now. Is Lancs. The town is just Preston (grew up nearby), the battle was the Battle of Preston. Other than here never seen or heard it as Preston Banks.
It is Preston, Lancs. It is also Naseby not Naisby and oy vey not oy vay. Great song; imperfect transcription…
Eleven Royalists watched this. :D
13
14
15
THEY CAN ALL BITE MY RUMP (PARLIAMENT)
18
Brilliant; and so informative!
I remember being in history class throwing all these Oliver Cromwell facts at my history teacher from this song and she was just sitting there astounded.
Wasn't it the Battle Of Naseby?
yeah they spelled it wrong
Not all got wrong. It says Preston Banks but the lyrics are “Preston, Lancs”.
Yes, on the 'Monty Python Songs!' cassette it was the Battle of Naseby.
One of my favorites.
Why did the pianist go that hard in the beginning
The most interesting thing about King Charles III is that he is 5 foot 10 inches tall at the start of his reign…
I like the sinister interpretation of the first few bars of the polonaise.
*GEEKGASM* = I've a Grandad who was on the "Oliver Cromwell" and they took it BACK after the American Revolution. This was competing with Schoolhouse Rock?
oh my,
no
Brilliant!!!
This actually helped me with my British history in college, so thank you!
Then Charles II was restored and they dug up Lord Protector Cromwell, tried him for treason and beheaded the corpse.
Turns out that banning Christmas, music, theatre and anything generally fun does not make for a popular government.
This song once won me £100 in a pub quiz. Now this is how you educate kids.
I love the punctuation of “september”
If is there a multiverse there must be alternative earth with:
1. Ministry of silly ed, that makes entertaining lessons.
2. Earth song that is happy opposite of Galaxy song (people has no idea how dense is their fart comparing to emptiness of universe).
The Goon Show's influence on the Pythons here really shining through
This was about my greatx12 grandfather...umm thanks for the family lesson, gonna take a while to process this. But I'm honored to have any connection to Monty Python, so there's that.
So Amazing! I love you all! ❤️🌹
Decades ago, when a teacher, I had to oppose my Head of Department in a debate on Oliver Cromwell in front of our A level students. I was against Oliver, and began my argument with a reel to reel (!?) recording of this song. Guess who won!
I will be listening to this on repeat during what is sure to be an unbearable weekend in England (coronation of Charles III).
I roll my eyes over that nonsense too.
*September*
*stupid git*
and his warts
😂
75 Royalists disliked Oliver Cromwell.
I thought it was Preston, Lancs?
Correct, another mistake in the subtitles.
Glad to know I’ve not been getting it wrong all my life.
Well done...👍
This song (🎵) brings back fond memories (🧠) of listening (👂) to their “best of” CD (💿) which (🧙🏻♀️) I (👁) purchased (💶) from a store (🏢) in Celle, Germany (🇩🇪) after getting out of hospital (🏥). I was in there because a car (🚘) struck me while riding a bike (🚴♂️). I wanted to get something funny (😂) to cheer (🤸♀️) me up (🆙) from the pain (🙇♂️). I lived (🏠) there in ‘92, after moving (🚛) from Arizona (🏜) after my divorce (🤵🎊👰🔚) (🖕🏻) (that gesture was intended for my ex (❌)...not you (🐑)).
Anyway, thank you...the end...🦶 (not quite the sideways foot stomping down on everything, like they did at the end of every episode, but close enough).
Not sure what the hate is about, Cromwell sounds like the good guy.
EtcEtc he was a religious zealot who was responsible for hundreds of years of suffering of the Irish people
Basically he slapped the shit out of everyone who opposed him and losers always need to moan because they got beaten...
He crushed the Irish, but what really got Cromwell in trouble with history is that he presided over a regicide, and there is no greater crime, particularly in England.
He was a ruthless bastard.
He seems like a hypocrite if he first fought against royalists and for democracy, and then dissolved the parliament and set himself up as dictator...
I wonder what Fryderyk Chopin would say to this.
"WTF is this box showing me moving images and sounds?!?"
all true
Fun fact: 'Oy Vey' is misspelled. It's 'vey', not 'vay'.
Revising for homework, best. task. ever. XDDDD
Cromwell day to-day
Can't believe none of the big names haven't covered this.
What big names?
lol, listen this on the road to helgen...
Omg my paper is going be amazing now
💫
This is so underrated
What's the mucosal accent they sing the chorus in?
Preston, Lancs not Banks!
Only reason I know anything about the English Civil War.
This should be part of School House Rock.
No, it's Chopin (SHOW-PAWN). It doesn't belong anywhere near SHR
Long live Cromwell
Sounds like Nigel Thornberry.
Now we have Charles III.
Chopin
what is the piano song? is it monty pythons original song or is it something else please help
Chopin's polonaise
va? Heroic polonaise in A flat major
it's their song, Chopin's piece
It's too bad that this wasn't animated like a Schoolhouse Rock video. Oh, well.
This is how English history should be taught in schools
Jack Rakham brought me here.
Me too
Same
Teacher: Okay class today we're learning about the English Civil War.
Girls: That's so boring.
Boys:
And the glorious polanise by Chopin
Why does this sound like it was sung by Waluigi?
A truly brilliant description by Monty Python of the bollocks that Cromwell was.
Preston, Lancs.
This aged well 😂
:o
I like the sneaky “Oy vey” in there. A reference to Cromwell letting the Jews back into England?
what is an independent bent XD
bent, noun (2) 1 a: a strong inclination or interest : bias
Basically the military wanted some independence in their affairs and didn't want to be ordered around by a king or a ruler