John 1199–1216
AND so we’ll quickly journey on
Until we reach the reign of John;
A King whose list of crimes was heavy;
He treated badly his young ‘Nevvy’.
Magna Charta 1215
He signed the Magna Charta. Yes;
In twelve-fifteen, but we may guess
With much ill grace and many a twist;
For King John wrote an awful fist.
John loses Normandy to France
And by this beneficial chance
In England comes amalgamation;
Normans and Saxons form one Nation
Robin Hood
And now we come to Robin Hood,
The Forest bandit of Sherwood,
A popular hero much belauded
But not by folks whom he’d defrauded.
There’s no need to descant upon
His boon companion ‘Little John’;