They plucked communion tables down
And broke our painted glasses;
They threw our altars to the ground
And tumbled down the crosses.
They set up Cromwell and his heir—
The Lord and Lady Claypole—
Because they hated Common Prayer,
The organ and the maypole.


'How the War began' (1664)


They plucked communion tables down And broke our painted glasses; They threw our altars to the ground And tumbled down the crosses. They set up...

They plucked communion tables down And broke our painted glasses; They threw our altars to the ground And tumbled down the crosses. They set up...

They plucked communion tables down And broke our painted glasses; They threw our altars to the ground And tumbled down the crosses. They set up...

They plucked communion tables down And broke our painted glasses; They threw our altars to the ground And tumbled down the crosses. They set up...