Billy Bragg - The World Turned Upside Down

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In 1649 To St. George’s Hill A ragged band they called the Diggers Came to show the people’s will

They defied the landlords They defied the laws They were the dispossessed Reclaiming what was theirs

“We come in peace,” they said "To dig and sow We come to work the lands in common And to make the waste grounds grow This earth divided We will make whole So it will be A common treasury for all

The sin of property We do disdain No man has any right to buy and sell The earth for private gain

By theft and murder They took the land Now everywhere the walls Spring up at their command

They make the laws To chain us well The clergy dazzle us with heaven Or they damn us into hell

We will not worship The God they serve The God of greed who feeds the rich While poor men 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 men Though we are poor You Diggers all stand up for glory Stand up now