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John Lennon Question

I've been listening to Plastic Ono Band recently, and love the track "Remember".

But I do have one question - the last line of the song runs like this: "No, no, remember, remember/The fifth of November".

What does that refer to - November 5? Can anyone enlighten me here?
niravp

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niravp OP
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Thanks all for your responses. I always feel a little silly when I enjoy a piece of music while knowingly being ignorant of an important part of it.

I did a quick Google search and found that there are quite a few traditional English rhymes that sound similar to the following:

Please to remember the fifth of November,
Gunpowder, Treason and Plot.
We know no reason why gunpowder treason
Should ever be forgot.

The phrasing of the rhymes are similar enough to that which Lennon uses that I would agree with the Guy Fawkes explanataion.

Thanks again!
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