I

Your name in glory in history books,

Your deeds and treason remembered each year.

But what of the man history forgot?

Ask who were you really what were you like?

Your genius mind and strength of body,

Threw you into plotting; take back your faith.

For freedom of religion swells your heart,

You dreamt in gun powder in times of peace.

Fight! Fight! Your place in history awaits

For your tale will be told through fire and flame

Far down under thick walls your deed comes close,

But words on paper exposed to the king,

Have thwarted your plan and the noose will wave,

At you, as your weak body is tortured.

The truth they seek and the truth they will gain.

Give up your plot for the pain is too great.

               II

Rejoice! Rejoice!

The traitor is dead.

Praise the King and the plot he solved

Marvel at his protestant ways.

Search in vain for his conspirators,

In anger you capture innocents

All Catholics it seems,

Prejudice is alive in the English court.

Hung drawn and quartered,

A gruesome fate.

How can one man endure that pain?

Jump from the ladder, smart until the end,

Grant yourself the mercy James did not find.

For a clean death is an honourable death,

For an honourable man.

Celebrate, celebrate through fire and flame.

Ring out the bells, light the bonfires!

Make him a martyr,

For wise were his plans,

For what justice can be found in London today?

                                III

Your memory resides in song in our head,

Words, stories, your mother told you before bed.

Your fight for freedom and your religious truth,

 Led you unwillingly straight to the noose.

Rise up, rise up, and plot your deeds,

For Queen Elizabeth, her father James must bleed.

Take back your country and your right to believe,

For freedom and religion, England must grieve.

Lay down in history, the 5th of November,

Your plot and your treason, history will remember.

Light up the bonfire, light up the night,

Light up the memory of Guy Fawkes cunning plight.

Whether done in anger or done in god’s name,

We will remember your vow for freedom in golden flame.

Your genius and cunning; qualities unmatched,

Even in failure as your plot was cruelly snatched.

Remember, remember the 5th of November

The gun powder treason and plot,

I know of no reason why the gun powder treason

Should ever be forgot.