Poem By Hugh Chesterman

[deanna]

Hi does anyone have the words of the poem by Hugh Chesterman about King John signing the Magna Carta? I sort of know part of it but need the whole thing for a project.
In it are the words
Your name my liege to be writ just here,
A mere formality laughed De Bere
A stroke of the pen and the thing is done
said Hugo Baron of Harpenden.

Then I know the last line goes

So many people egging him on, I can't help feeling sorry for John.

Thank you.

[scorpiojo]

https://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=1006040607325

[scorpiojo]

Or..

https://prezi.com/kopexqad_7nv/copy-of-tom-steene-prezi-2/

[deanna]

Hello still no nearer finding all the words of the poem.
Thank you Scorpio for your links, they helped
but not all the words.
I have done more research and found
The poem is called King John
starts with
John as a Tyrant, John was a tartar
John put his name to the great big charter.
Every baron from Thames to Tweed
followed the road to Runnymede.

I have searched everywhere and although some of the verses are
there, not the whole thing.

Any more ideas anyone? x

[Peter Pedant]

the only poem I knew about King John was the one where he liked eating bits of string,

but I find that is the tale of Henry King ( er geddit ? )
and is by Hilaire Bellow

[ they shook their heads and took their fees
and said there is no cure for this disease ... ]

sorry