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T:The World Turned Upside Down
C:Leon Rosselson
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W:In 1649
W:To St George's Hill
W:A ragged band they called the Diggers
W:Came to show the people' s will
W:They defied the landlords
W:They defied the laws
W:They were the dispossessed
W:Reclaiming what was theirs
W:
W:We come in peace, they said
W:To dig and sow
W:We come to work the land in common
W:And to make the waste land grow
W:This earth divided
W:We will make whole
W:So it can be
W:A common treasury for all.
W:
W:The sin of property
W:We do disdain
W:No one has any right to buy and sell
W:The earth for private gain
W:By theft and murder
W:They took the land
W:Now everywhere the walls
W:Rise up at their command.
W:
W:They make the laws
W:To chain us well
W:The clergy dazzle us with heaven
W:Or they damn us into hell
W:We will not worship
W:The God they serve
W:The God of greed who feeds the rich
W:While poor men starve
W:
W:We work, we eat together
W:We need no swords
W:We will not bow to masters
W:Or pay rent to the lords
W:We are free men
W:Though we are poor
W:You Diggers all stand up for glory
W:Stand up now
W:
W:From the men of property
W:The orders came
W:They sent the hired men and troopers
W:To wipe out the Diggers' claim
W:Tear down their cottages
W:Destroy their corn
W:They were dispersed -
W:Only the vision lingers on
W:
W:You poor take courage
W:You rich take care
W:The earth was made a common treasury
W:For everyone to share
W:All things in common
W:All people one
W:We come in peace
W:The order came to cut them down