And lost his life—it was to be,
Crushed by the men of Normandy.
From Scandinavia they’d come,
And made fair Normandy their home;
William the Conquerer 1066–1087
Whence William spying out our shore,
Oliver-Twist-like, wanted more.
In ten-six-six he won the day
In that tough fight out Hastings way.
Of course, no record in our reach,
Depicts ‘ole Bill’ thus on the beach.
William the Conquerer 1066–1087
BUT one thing’s certain. Camera men,
If only they’d existed then,
Would have journeyed many a mile
To ‘snap’ King William’s happy smile.
They made him King and schoolbooks say
He ruled with arbitrary sway;