The World Turned Upside Down by Chumbawamba
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Song title The World Turned Upside Down
Artist Chumbawamba
in sixteen forty-nine to st georges hill
a ragged band they called the diggers came to show the peoples will
they defied the landlords
they defied the laws
they were the dispossesed 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 wasteground 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 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 spring 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 the serve
the god of greed who feeds the rich whilst pepole starve
we work
we eat together
we take up swords
we will not bow to the masters or pay rent to the lords
we are free people though we are poor
you diggers all stand up for glory
stand up now