Billy Bragg - World turned upside down

^DIn 1649 to St George'^As Hill A ragged ^Gband they called the Diggers came to ^Dshow the peoples' ^Awill They de^Dfied the Landlords, they de^Afied the laws They were the ^Gdispossessed, reclaiming ^Awhat was ^Dtheirs

^D"We come in peace" they said, t^Ao dig and sow We come to ^Gwork the land in common and to ^Dmake the wasteland ^Agrow This ^Dearth divided, we will ma^Ake whole So it can ^Gbe a common ^Atreasury for ^Dall

^DThe sin of property, we do dis^Adain No one has a^Gny right to buy and sell the ^Dearth for pri^Avate gain By ^Dtheft and murder they ^Atook the land Now every^Gwhere the walls rise ^Aup at their ^Dcommand

^DThey make the laws to chain us ^Awell The clergy ^Gdazzle us with Heaven or they ^Ddamn us into ^Ahell We will not ^Dworship the God they ^Aserve The God of ^Ggreed who feeds the rich while ^Apoor men ^Dstarve

^DWe work, we eat together, we need no ^Aswords We ^Gwill not bow to masters or ^Dpay rent to the ^Alords We are ^Dfree men, though we are ^Apoor You diggers ^Gall stand up for glory ^Astand up ^Dnow

^DFrom the men of property, the orders ^Acame They sent the ^Ghired men and troopers to wipe ^Dout the Diggers' ^Aclaim Tear ^Ddown their cottages, destroy ^Atheir corn They were dis^Gpersed, but the ^Avision lingers ^Don

^DYou poor take courage, you rich take ^Acare This earth was ^Gmade a common treasury for ^Deveryone to ^Ashare All things in ^Dcommon, all people ^Aone We come in ^Gpeace, the order ^Acame to cut them ^Ddown