World Turned Upside Down

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[Verse]

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


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


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


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


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


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


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