TURN THE WORLD UPSTIDE DOWN
IN 1649 TO ST. GEORGES HILL
A RAGGED BAND THEY CALLED THE DIGGERS CAME TO SHOW THE PEOPLE'S WILL
THEY DEFIED THE LANDLORDS, THEY DEFIED THE LAW,
THEY WERE THE DISPOSSESSED RECLAIMING WHAT WAS THEIRS
WE COME IN PEACE THEY SAID, TO DIG & SOW.
WE COME TO WORK THE LAND IN COMMON & TO MAKE THE WASTEGROUNDS GROW.
THIS EARTH DIVIDED WE WILL MAKE WHOLE,
sO IT WILL BE A COMMON TREASURY FOR ALL.
THE SIN OF PROPERTY WE DO DIŞDAIN.
NO ONE HAS ANY RIGHT TO BUY & SELL THE EARTH FOR PRIVATE GAIN.
BY THEFT&MURDER THEY TOOK THE LAND,
NOW EVERYWHWERE THE WALLS SPRING UP AT THER COMMAND.
THEY MADE THE LAWS TO CHAÎN US WELL.
THE CLERGY DAZZLE US WITH HEAVEN OR THEY DAMN US INTO HELL
WE WILL NOT WORSHIP THE GODS THEY SERVE,
THE GOD OF GREED WHO FEEDS THE RICH WHILE POOR FOLKS STARVE
WE WORK WE EAT TOGETHER, WE NEED NO SWORDS
WE WILL NOT BOW TO THE MASTERS OR PAY RENT TO THE LORDS.
WE ARE FREE PEOPLE THOUGH WE ARE POOR,
YOU DIGGERS ALL RISE UP FOR FREEDOM, RISE UP NOW.
FROM THE MEN OF PROPERTY THE ORDERS CAME.
THEY SENT THE HIRED MEN & TROOPERS TO WIPE OUT THE DIGGERS CLAIM.
TEAR DOWN THEIR COTTAGES, DESTROY THEIR CORN.
THEY WERE DISPERSED, BUT THEIR VISION LINGERS ON.
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