Song information On this page you can read the lyrics of the song The World Turned Upside Down , by - Billy Bragg. Release date: 05.03.2006
Song language: English
The World Turned Upside Down |
| 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 to make the waste grounds grow |
| This earth divided |
| We will make whole |
| So it will be |
| A common treasury for all |
| The sin of property |
| We do disdain |
| No man has any right to buy and 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 they serve |
| The God of greed who feeds the rich |
| While poor men starve |
| We work we eat together |
| We need no swords |
| We will not bow to the masters |
| Or pay rent to the lords |
| We are free men |
| Though we are poor |
| You 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 |
| But still the 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 come in peace |
| The orders came to cut them down |