A case of history repeating
Updated: Jul 20, 2016 04:08 PM
Dear Sir,
During Oliver Cromwell’s time, a period of stark religiosity, life was grim for many in England.
The Restoration, which followed, is epitomised in this song with words by Dryden and music by Purcell:
“We ha’ cheated the parson, we’ll cheat him again,
For why should a blockhead ha’ one in ten?”
It’s history here repeating itself.
ROGER SNAPE