The song and associated video content remembers The Gunpowder Plot of 1605.
Song video: Remember, remember (vocal version)
Remember remember
The fifth of November
Gunpowder, treason and plot
I see no reason
Why gunpowder treason
Should ever be forgot
Fireworks fizzle
And bonfires burn鈥.
Stories from history
What can we learn?鈥.
Remember remember
The fifth of November
Gunpowder, treason and plot
I see no reason
Why gunpowder treason
Should ever be forgot
Ticking of clock
And ringing of bell鈥.
Time goes on
And time will tell鈥.
Remember remember
The fifth of November
Gunpowder, treason and plot
I see no reason
Why gunpowder treason
Should ever be forgot
Remember remember鈥
Remember remember鈥
Remember remember鈥
Remember, remember. Focus: Time passing; days and dates; steady-beat and rhythm patterns; higher and lower; up and down (pitch); saying then singing. Listen to how the tune of the chorus goes higher and lower, making up-and-down shapes.
Refer to the for more information about the song, including follow-up music activities based on it and suggestions for cross-curricular study.
What happened after The Gunpowder Plot?
Guy Fawkes was discovered and arrested in the early hours of 5 November 1605 in a chamber under the House of Lords. He was surrounded by 36 barrels of gunpowder and had the fuses to detonate them on his person.
Fawkes initially gave his name as John Johnson to hide his identity. He was taken to the Tower of London where pupils will hear (but not witness) that he revealed the names of his co-conspirators after three days of torture. Catesby died during his arrest and many of the other plotters were subsequently executed - their heads being put on display as a warning against acts of treason.
Pupils will also learn how the events of 1605 are still commemorated each year on 5 November - Bonfire Night.
Resources
Song video: Remember, remember (instrumental version)
Remember remember
The fifth of November
Gunpowder, treason and plot
I see no reason
Why gunpowder treason
Should ever be forgot
Fireworks fizzle
And bonfires burn鈥.
Stories from history
What can we learn?鈥.
Remember remember
The fifth of November
Gunpowder, treason and plot
I see no reason
Why gunpowder treason
Should ever be forgot
Ticking of clock
And ringing of bell鈥.
Time goes on
And time will tell鈥.
Remember remember
The fifth of November
Gunpowder, treason and plot
I see no reason
Why gunpowder treason
Should ever be forgot
Remember remember鈥
Remember remember鈥
Remember remember鈥
Information and guidance on the songs and other content in KS1 Music: The Gunpowder Plot
Print / download the lyric sheet (pdf)
Print / download the music sheet (pdf)
Download the backing track of the music (mp3)
More songs from KS1 Music: The Gunpowder Plot
1. Shadows in the night
Focus: secrets and mysteries; light and shadows; louder and quieter; whispering sounds.
2. Hundreds of years ago
Focus: Time passing; fire safety; musical scales; simple rhythm-patterns.
