 The rhyme referenced by the tag line is called The Bonfire Prayer  and commemorates Guy Fawkes night, November the 5th, when a  Catholic plot to overthrow the British parliament was foiled. There  are several slight variations of the full words, one of which  goes...?Remember, remember, the fifth of November, gunpowder treason  and plot. I see no reason why the gunpowder treason should ever be  forgot. Guy Fawkes, Guy Fawkes, twas his intent to blow up the King  and the Parliament. Three score barrels of powder below, Poor old  England to overthrow: By Gods providence he was catchd With a dark  lantern and burning match. Holloa boys, holloa boys, make the bells  ring. Holloa boys, holloa boys, God save the King! Hip hip hoorah! A  penny loaf to feed the Pope. A farthing o cheese to choke him. A  pint of beer to rinse it down. A faggot of sticks to burn him. Burn  him in a tub of tar. Burn him like a blazing star. Burn his body  from his head. Then well say ol Pope is dead. Hip hip hoorah! Hip  hip hoorah!" It is still recited in full at the famous Lewes bonfire  night celebrations in East Sussex.