The World Turned Upside Down

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 land 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
 Rise up at their command
 They make the laws
 To serve them 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 feed the rich
 While poor man starve
 We work we eat together
 We need no swords
 We will not bow to 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
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 From the men of property
 The orders came
 They sent the hired men and troopers
 To wipe out the Diggers' claim
 Tear down their cottages
 Destroy their corn
 They were dispersed
 Only the vision lingers on
 You poor take courage
 You rich take care
 The earth was made a common treasury
 For everyone to share
 All things in common
 All people one
 We come in peace
 The orders came to cut them down