The Chaotic Civil War Song
At the close of the English Civil War, Oliver Cromwell explains what happened next - but was it all worth it?
PARODY OF
War by Edwin Starr
MUSIC BY
Richie Webb
FROM
Series 10 Episode 9
LYRICS:
Civil War! Huh! What was it good for?
Monarchy abolished
Civil War! Huh! What was it good for?
Royalty demolished
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Once we'd won and Charles lost his head
We became a commonwealth instead
My New Model Army fought for the cause
I crushed rebellion and reformed laws
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Dissolved Parliament, became Lord Protector
Like a king, but without the crown and sceptre
Protectorate was now what we were called
With a jolly little motto, "Peace Through War"
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Civil War! Huh! What was it good for?
Monarchy disbanded
Civil War! Huh! What was it good for?
My power expanded
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Cut England and Wales into 12 little bits
It didn't work out, had to call that quits
Thought making me king would be the solution
But I stayed Lord Protector with a new constitution
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Didn't last long, death was my fate
So, son and heir stepping up to the plate
It was a tough act to follow the great dictator
The Army forced me out a year later
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Civil War! Huh! What was it good for?
Monarchy diminished
Civil War! Huh! What was it good for?
I thought we were finished​
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But all the while, I've been in exile
Banished from my home nation
Then I got the call, they'd had enough of war
And so began The Restoration
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I pardoned crimes from Civil War times
I'm back, what's not to like?
Well, they dug me up, cut me up
And put my head on a spike
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Civil War! Huh! Who was it good for?
Don't get me started
Civil War! Huh! Who was it good for?
Right, now where's the party?
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