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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@theMoerster 8 жыл бұрын

They did a sequel called "Richard Cromwell" but it was too short to notice.

@inspectorjavert8443 7 жыл бұрын

They couldn't find anyone to support the recording :D

@JamesAndTheGiantPeach 6 жыл бұрын

Yes, Dick is too short to notice.

@rathersane 5 жыл бұрын

I see what you did there!

@atlanteanautist1434 5 жыл бұрын

Fun fact Oliver Cromwell actually did have a son named Richard Cromwell. He wasn’t nearly as cool

@joellaz9836 4 жыл бұрын

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".

@kisfekete 3 жыл бұрын

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.

@Probeshorts Жыл бұрын

Only reason I passed A-level history

@neonbabyblue 8 жыл бұрын

I aced my English History exam in college thanks to this song.

@WildBillCox13 8 жыл бұрын

I would like to go to your college, sir!

@ThyGeekGoddessMuze 6 жыл бұрын

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)

@ElizabethJones-pv3sj 4 жыл бұрын

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.

@jacek-jan 4 жыл бұрын

@@ElizabethJones-pv3sjI guess it was simple! Probably this recitation song encouraged

@jacek-jan 4 жыл бұрын

@@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

@Nebuchadnezzar31 8 жыл бұрын

All history lessons should be sung by Monty Python 😁

@v-d-os8747 6 жыл бұрын

Quoth the raven

@ThyGeekGoddessMuze 6 жыл бұрын

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.

@Hirnlego999 6 жыл бұрын

I actually analyzed precisely this in history class.

@misterm7225 6 жыл бұрын

Edgar Allan Poe I'm just a poe boy and nobody loves me He's just a poe boy from a poe family

@randomuser3209 5 жыл бұрын

Sabaton works well as well

@iamyoursaviour 4 жыл бұрын

"The he smashed Ireland" is certainly one way to describe it

@mjbull5156 3 жыл бұрын

"Oliver Cromwell, may he burn in Hell."

@camelspiderattack4161 2 жыл бұрын

right! i was also like, heys boys way to gloss over a genocide

@vicw9223 2 жыл бұрын

His actions there and in Scotland deserve a separate song really.

@annyirish6106 2 жыл бұрын

And the genocide of the White Europeans has been continuing to this day, oy vey!

@davidanderson6055 Жыл бұрын

Yes, but the Irish weren't saints themselves

@jaye23_ 8 жыл бұрын

Monty Python were really *ahead* of the game with this one.

@Bakkerkid Жыл бұрын

That’s really the way to get ahead in life

@Beau-Bo Жыл бұрын

they were *mindful* of there audience

@JamiJR 8 жыл бұрын

Now I really want a Monty Python/Horrible Histories crossover. Imagine John Cleese helping out with a Stupid Deaths skit....

@evie73me 8 жыл бұрын

Oh my god, that would be heaven. that has got to happen!

@wannabehistorian371 4 жыл бұрын

Oh my god it would have been perfect.

@MelMUFC99 3 жыл бұрын

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.

@MrDEATHBYGINGER 8 жыл бұрын

If only all History lessons were taught like this

@RinIsArty 8 жыл бұрын

+MrDEATHBYGINGER Heh. That would be great

@WildBillCox13 8 жыл бұрын

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.

@ashdew4660 6 жыл бұрын

An Englishmen lol

@RedDragonM1 7 ай бұрын

Years later...they got King Charles the 2nd! He brought back Christmas, sport, theater, and more!

@ErfeanFalcorck 8 жыл бұрын

I didn't expect Chopin's Polonaise there!

@lukaspelling2386 8 жыл бұрын

Nobody expects!... Oh wait.

@riteflyer7793 8 жыл бұрын

I wonder what he would have thought about this adaptation

@nathankindle282 6 жыл бұрын

the Spanish Inquisition!

@gaustads 5 жыл бұрын

In fact, those who do expect it...

@jacek-jan 5 жыл бұрын

Some things can't be unheard. Everytime I hear this tune I'm thinking about poor king Charles...

@kaeylarae1186 7 жыл бұрын

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.

@sjsbviufvibwvuspi 4 жыл бұрын

How did that paper go

@KenLieck 4 ай бұрын

@@sjsbviufvibwvuspi It's history now.

@OmarKenney 2 жыл бұрын

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.

@mart4995 Жыл бұрын

Ha! Same, often find myself singing it at the bus stop.

@louisemessenger Жыл бұрын

OMG ME TOO!!!!!

@jawaheak 7 ай бұрын

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!!

@aaronkujawski3378 2 жыл бұрын

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!

@get-the-joke 8 жыл бұрын

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.

@fizz-pip 7 жыл бұрын

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.

@wafflesthewookiee4716 6 жыл бұрын

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!!!

@kenlieck7756 5 жыл бұрын

Whaddaya expect? He has had a ferret stuck up his nose since 1968!

@petah-peoplefortheendlesst4668 2 жыл бұрын

Update: Cromwell wasn't at Charles's execution but did actually giggle while signing the Death Warrant.

@rjlchristie Жыл бұрын

'twas a snigger.

@Bakkerkid Жыл бұрын

It’s the little things that that make history fun

@gmnr1336 5 жыл бұрын

The Great Polonaise in A flat major.... The Heroic Polonaise!

@cameronstewart6016 4 жыл бұрын

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!

@JasperCasper24 8 жыл бұрын

The only reason I know anything about Oliver Cromwell!

@rsr789 5 жыл бұрын

LOL.

@victorconway444 Жыл бұрын

The man who strikes terror into the heart of every Charles

@eveningtsar 6 жыл бұрын

Actually a better summary than the text book I've been using. . .

@Bar-B. 3 жыл бұрын

My favourite Monty song....and of course the medical song. 🤣🤣🤣

@AshleyWool 5 жыл бұрын

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

@Bakkerkid Жыл бұрын

Always an appropriate reaction to Monty Python

@worldthroughusagi316 5 жыл бұрын

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.

@Drilling4mana 8 жыл бұрын

To quote Dave King of Flogging Molly, "Nothing like a good song about a bad bastard, is there?"

@112steinway 3 жыл бұрын

I can only imagine that after the musicians saw what they were doing for this performance they revolted, and it must have been glorious.

@rdhunkins 3 жыл бұрын

Monty Python is the best history teacher I’ve ever had.

@petah-peoplefortheendlesst4668 2 жыл бұрын

Having a hard time finding contemporary sources that discuss the "single solitary giggle" which is what I'm writing my history dissertation on rn.

@thegamingdevice 3 жыл бұрын

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!

@caedmonnoeske3931 Жыл бұрын

Not true.

@jamesbuxton2941 Жыл бұрын

Almost there, except that Cromwell is well recorded as having a great love of music.

@cmcapps1963 Жыл бұрын

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.

@aidandougherty7800 Жыл бұрын

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 :)

@bucketheadistheman Жыл бұрын

Incorrect, cletis.

@lordgriffin3723 7 жыл бұрын

We're just learning about this in my class right now. This song gave me an edge on everyone else haha.

@sebastianlecourt1366 Жыл бұрын

Whenever someone mentions "King Charles" now I get this stuck my head

@eaglesfan226 Жыл бұрын

That #NotMyKing tweet where it had Cromwell’s statue brought me here

@olivercromwell1599 Жыл бұрын

I really like this song. Peak British humour.

@sparkieT88 4 жыл бұрын

And his warts

@Heyiya-if 5 жыл бұрын

Strangely relevant at the moment.

@timetraveltvniles7650 3 жыл бұрын

The funniest part it is actually quite informative.

@ignaciomedinadunin359 2 жыл бұрын

They use Chopin as base, really beautiful

@veladarney 6 жыл бұрын

All I need to know about Oliver Cromwell, I learned from Monty Python. :)

@koldaussie Жыл бұрын

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.

@jochenstacker7448 3 жыл бұрын

It certainly ends on a high note.

@RedDragonM1 2 жыл бұрын

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!!"

@Kainlarsen 8 жыл бұрын

Eleven Royalists watched this. :D

@something.icantrememberany1365 7 жыл бұрын

@orribleeric 7 жыл бұрын

@riteflyer7793 7 жыл бұрын

@stitchseam3201 7 жыл бұрын

THEY CAN ALL BITE MY RUMP (PARLIAMENT)

@firmannugraha8236 7 жыл бұрын

@jimmyboy99 Жыл бұрын

And now once again we have another Charles on the throne.

@cernstormrunner7263 3 жыл бұрын

I need to try and work "stupid git" into my everyday conversations

@grunt89futtock890 3 жыл бұрын

I wouldn't have thought there was any shortage of opportunity at the moment.

@MichaelGreeneENVIROteam 8 жыл бұрын

Brilliant; and so informative!

@mspeter97 4 жыл бұрын

The song that helped me memorize things at uni

@tomasc7621 6 жыл бұрын

Brilliant!!!

@Kitschensyngk 8 жыл бұрын

One of my favorites.

@rks581 3 жыл бұрын

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.

@paristen8556 3 жыл бұрын

And indeed there was a battle there in 1648, won by the Roundheads.

@sparky4878 3 жыл бұрын

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.

@loup7454 2 жыл бұрын

It is Preston, Lancs. It is also Naseby not Naisby and oy vey not oy vay. Great song; imperfect transcription…

@koldaussie Ай бұрын

"... 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.

@smorgensterin4990 7 ай бұрын

This actually helped me with my British history in college, so thank you!

@Chrissie.V.58 6 жыл бұрын

So Amazing! I love you all! ❤️🌹

@ROBSHOTZ 3 жыл бұрын

Then Charles II was restored and they dug up Lord Protector Cromwell, tried him for treason and beheaded the corpse.

@vylbird8014 2 жыл бұрын

Turns out that banning Christmas, music, theatre and anything generally fun does not make for a popular government.

@AdzyGrasso1987 5 ай бұрын

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.

@ThyGeekGoddessMuze 6 жыл бұрын

*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

@IsaacMayerCreativeWorks Жыл бұрын

The most interesting thing about King Charles III is that he is 5 foot 10 inches tall at the start of his reign…

@teenonator 8 жыл бұрын

Wasn't it the Battle Of Naseby?

@Darmanitan555 7 жыл бұрын

yeah they spelled it wrong

@sparky4878 3 жыл бұрын

Not all got wrong. It says Preston Banks but the lyrics are “Preston, Lancs”.

@carlchapman4053 3 жыл бұрын

Yes, on the 'Monty Python Songs!' cassette it was the Battle of Naseby.

@umutemrealp4873 5 жыл бұрын

I love the punctuation of “september”

@neilsharpson996 Жыл бұрын

The Goon Show's influence on the Pythons here really shining through

@janeeden919 6 ай бұрын

I like the sinister interpretation of the first few bars of the polonaise.

@Truffle_Pup 11 ай бұрын

This song once won me £100 in a pub quiz. Now this is how you educate kids.

@user-nx2ys6im3c 9 ай бұрын

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.

@mr.pavone9719 3 жыл бұрын

75 Royalists disliked Oliver Cromwell.

@jacek-jan 4 жыл бұрын

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).

@etcetc3800 6 жыл бұрын

Not sure what the hate is about, Cromwell sounds like the good guy.

@willyisthere 5 жыл бұрын

EtcEtc he was a religious zealot who was responsible for hundreds of years of suffering of the Irish people

@clauderains1534 5 жыл бұрын

Basically he slapped the shit out of everyone who opposed him and losers always need to moan because they got beaten...

@neohumanist8181 5 жыл бұрын

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.

@waynej2608 4 жыл бұрын

He was a ruthless bastard.

@lenkacfk7155 4 жыл бұрын

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...

@Trollface696 2 ай бұрын

Why did the pianist go that hard in the beginning

@ihathtelekinesis 5 жыл бұрын

I thought it was Preston, Lancs?

@hosseruk 4 жыл бұрын

Correct, another mistake in the subtitles.

@sparky4878 3 жыл бұрын

Glad to know I’ve not been getting it wrong all my life.

@hosseruk Жыл бұрын

I will be listening to this on repeat during what is sure to be an unbearable weekend in England (coronation of Charles III).

@KatWoodland Жыл бұрын

I roll my eyes over that nonsense too.

@Berotej 8 жыл бұрын

*September*

@superstarjonesbros 7 жыл бұрын

*stupid git*

@brianb8060 4 жыл бұрын

and his warts

@mrodriguez6449 2 жыл бұрын

😂

@Ark9278 4 жыл бұрын

Omg my paper is going be amazing now

@fin4969 5 жыл бұрын

Revising for homework, best. task. ever. XDDDD

@Grunchy005 6 жыл бұрын

Cromwell day to-day

@Languslangus 5 жыл бұрын

💫

@shaypah6924 2 жыл бұрын

This is so underrated

@rojome3831 5 жыл бұрын

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).

@rsr789 Жыл бұрын

Fun fact: 'Oy Vey' is misspelled. It's 'vey', not 'vay'.

@geomodelrailroader 6 жыл бұрын

all true

@andrewbrentnall6529 2 ай бұрын

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!

@michalniebyl3404 Жыл бұрын

I wonder what Fryderyk Chopin would say to this.

@rsr789 Жыл бұрын

"WTF is this box showing me moving images and sounds?!?"

@user-qv1gc1vn7o 5 жыл бұрын

lol, listen this on the road to helgen...

@wuggasnaby 5 жыл бұрын

What's the mucosal accent they sing the chorus in?

@majicmafia9711 2 жыл бұрын

Long live Cromwell

@CaptainGrimes1 5 жыл бұрын

Preston, Lancs not Banks!

@clermeil 5 жыл бұрын

Only reason I know anything about the English Civil War.

@kalvingoodlaxson 8 жыл бұрын

This should be part of School House Rock.

@JamesAndTheGiantPeach 6 жыл бұрын

No, it's Chopin (SHOW-PAWN). It doesn't belong anywhere near SHR

@maxwellhiggs Жыл бұрын

Can't believe none of the big names haven't covered this.

@jockejocke1 Жыл бұрын

What big names?

@va26 6 жыл бұрын

what is the piano song? is it monty pythons original song or is it something else please help

@DevillTM 5 жыл бұрын

Chopin's polonaise

@chike9063 5 жыл бұрын

va? Heroic polonaise in A flat major

@JamesAndTheGiantPeach 5 жыл бұрын

it's their song, Chopin's piece

@Riegelklotz Жыл бұрын

Now we have Charles III.

@kademcarthur5362 2 жыл бұрын

Sounds like Nigel Thornberry.

@neilisagum7623 3 жыл бұрын

A truly brilliant description by Monty Python of the bollocks that Cromwell was.

@pyrotechnick420 Жыл бұрын

This is how English history should be taught in schools

@mdev3987 Жыл бұрын

This aged well 😂

@putraswarga608 Жыл бұрын

Chopin

@zoltar0205 3 жыл бұрын

Why does this sound like it was sung by Waluigi?

@n.b.eskerata1678 2 жыл бұрын

It's too bad that this wasn't animated like a Schoolhouse Rock video. Oh, well.

@francelouie 3 жыл бұрын

@beno2002 5 жыл бұрын

Teacher: Okay class today we're learning about the English Civil War. Girls: That's so boring. Boys:

@skaisaliveandwell 5 жыл бұрын

Preston, Lancs.

@The_Crimson_Fucker 6 жыл бұрын

Oy Vey!

@daniellamb5322 6 жыл бұрын

The Crimson Fucker shut the fuck up jew

@daniellamb5322 6 жыл бұрын

The Crimson Fucker hahha shut him down

@DailyLifeSolution Жыл бұрын

Jack Rakham brought me here.

@AkashitheCapitalist Жыл бұрын

Me too

@crimsonterror5795 Жыл бұрын

Same

@jmcallion2071 Жыл бұрын

And the glorious polanise by Chopin

@Rovingrich555 5 ай бұрын

Nice video, but it's Preston, Lancs, not Preston Banks!