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Thread #81725   Message #1498667
Posted By: chico
02-Jun-05 - 07:32 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: Pronunciation req's for British Subjects
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Pronounciation req's for British Subj
I accidentaly typed in an extra "I", I meant Charles I.

The song in question is "lawyer's lamentation of charing-cross"

The last words are:

Now, WHIGS, I would advise you all,
'Tis what I'd have you do;
For fear the King should come again,
Pray pull down TYBURN too.

This was written in 1647 2years before the beheading. Was this a premonition of the regicide, and the predicted spot? (whether or not it actually occured there?