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GUEST,Sue	Lyr Add: Oliver Cromwell (Buried & dead) (25)	RE: Lyr Add: Oliver Cromwell (Buried & dead)	19 Feb 17
I suspect the rhyme might be an allusion to Oliver Cromwell's body having been exhumed and hanged as a traitor by Royalists immediately after the restoration of the monarchy. "Old Oliver rose" - i.e. was dug up - and "the drop" is a slang term for hanging.

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