The World Turned Upside Down

[00:08.29] In 1649 to St. George's Hill
[00:12.20] A ragged band they called The Diggers
[00:14.28] came to show the people's will
[00:16.05] They defied the landlords, they defied the laws
[00:20.09] They were the dispossessed reclaiming what was theirs

[00:24.37] We come in peace, they said, to dig and sow
[00:28.34] We come to work the lands in common
[00:30.58] and to make the waste ground grow
[00:32.37] This earth divided we will make whole
[00:36.85] So it will be a common treasury for all

[00:40.61] The sin of property we do disdain
[00:44.74] No man has any right to buy and sell
[00:47.12] the earth for private gain
[00:48.60] By theft and murder they took the land
[00:52.73] Now everywhere the walls spring up at their command

[00:56.93] They make the laws to chain us well
[01:01.01] The clergy dazzle us with heaven or they damn us into hell
[01:04.84] We will not worship the God they serve
[01:09.01] The God of greed who feeds the rich while poor men starve

[01:13.33] We work, we eat together, we need no swords
[01:17.28] We will not bow to the masters or pay rent to the lords
[01:21.12] Still we are free men though we are poor
[01:25.33] You Diggers all stand up for glory, stand up now
[01:29.36]
[01:45.00] From the men of property the orders came
[01:49.64] They sent the hired men and troopers
[01:51.82] to wipe out the Diggers' claim
[01:53.65] Tear down their cottages, destroy their corn
[01:57.85] They were dispersed but still the vision lingers on

[02:02.54] You poor take courage, you rich take care
[02:05.98] This earth was made a common treasury for everyone to share
[02:09.89] All things in common, all people one
[02:13.94] We come in peace, the orders came to cut them down
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