World Turned Upside Down

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[Verse]

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In sixteen forty nine               to St George's Hill
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a ragged band they called the Diggers came to show the peoples'
                                                          will
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they defied the Landlords,    they defied the laws
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they were the dispossessed,  reclaiming what was theirs


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"we come in peace" they said,     to dig and sow
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we come to work the lands in common and to make the wastegrounds
                                                             grow
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this earth divided,     we will make whole
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so it will be a common treasury for all


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the sin of property,    we do disdain
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no man has any right to buy and sell the earth for private gain
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by theft and murder     they took the land
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now everywhere the walls spring up at their command


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they make the laws       to chain us well
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the clergy dazzle us with heaven or they damn us into hell
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we will not worship     the god they serve
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the god of greed who feeds the rich while poor man starve


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we work, we eat together    we need no swords
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we will not bow to the masters or pay rent to the lords
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we are free men,    though we are poor
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you diggers all stand up for glory stand up now


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from the men of property,     the orders came
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they sent the hired men and troopers to wipe out the Diggers'
                                                         claim
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tear down their cottages, destroy their corn
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they were dispersed, but still the vision lingers on


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you poor take courage,    you rich take care
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this earth was made a common treasury for everyone to share
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all things in common,      all people one
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we come in peace, the orders came to cut them down