The World Turned Upside Down (The Diggers' Song)

In sixteen forty-nine to Saint George's 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 and sow
 We come to work the land in common and to make the waste ground grow
 This earth divided we will make whole
 So it can 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 steal the land
 Now everywhere the walls rise 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
 They god of greed who feeds the rich while poor folk starve
 We work, we eat together, we need no swords
 We will not bow to the masters or pay rent to the lords
 Still we are free men though we are poor
 You Diggers all, stand up for glory, stand up now"
 From the men of property the order came
 They sent the hired men and troopers to wipe out the Diggers' claim
 Tear down their cottages, destroy their corn
 They were dispersed, but still the vision carries on
 You poor, take courage, you rich, take care
 This earth was made a common treasury for everyone to share
 All things in common, all people one
 We come in peace, the order came to cut them down