Why do we light fireworks and have bonfires... learn the story behind the celebrations.
At the Duck and Drake met a Catholic gang
They didn’t like King James so they hatched a plan
They wanted to be free but went to the extreme
This is the tale - of bonfire night...
On bonfire night they tried to light up the sky
And blow up the King in a ball of fire
But the fuse never burned their plot was overturned
And that’s why we light fireworks tonight
They rented a room under parliament
Rolled in thirty barrels in the dead of night
Filled with gunpowder there would be no survivors
This is the tale - of bonfire night...
Give a penny for the guy ’cos they all survived
On November the 5th back in 1605
Their leader from York was called Guy Fawkes
This is the tale - of bonfire night...