The Fifth of November
The Fifth of November
Guy Fawkes Night Rhyme
Please to remember
The fifth of November,
Gunpowder treason and plot.
I know no reason
Why gunpowder treason
Should ever be forgot.
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Thanks and Acknowledgements
The illustration comes from The National Nursery Book. This rhyme can be found in "The Nursery Rhymes of England" 5th edition (1886), collected by James Orchard Halliwell and illustrated by W. B. Scott.
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