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The World Turned Upside Down

from Night of the Living Reds by Workers' United Front

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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 make the wastelands grow
This earth divided we will make whole
So it may be a common treasury for all
The sin of property we do disdain
No one has any right to buy or 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 chain us 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 feeds the rich while poor folk starve
We work and eat together, we need no swords
We will not bow to masters, nor pay rent to the lords
We are free folk, though we be poor
Ye Diggers all, stand up for glory, stand up now!

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 their vision lingers 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 came in peace - the order came to cut us down

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from Night of the Living Reds, released September 9, 2007
Written by Leon Rosselson (1975).

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