Billy Bragg – World Turned Upside Down (Ukulele)

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In sixteen forty nine               to St George's Hill

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a ragged band they called the Diggers came to show the peoples'

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they defied the Landlords,    they defied the laws

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they were the dispossessed,  reclaiming what was theirs

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"we come in peace" they said,     to dig and sow

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we come to work the lands in common and to make the wastegrounds

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this earth divided,     we will make whole

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so it will be a common treasury for all

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the sin of property,    we do disdain

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no man has any right to buy and sell the earth for private gain

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by theft and murder     they took the land

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now everywhere the walls spring up at their command

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they make the laws       to chain us well

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the clergy dazzle us with heaven or they damn us into hell

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we will not worship     the god they serve

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the god of greed who feeds the rich while poor man starve

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we work, we eat together    we need no swords

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we will not bow to the masters or pay rent to the lords

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we are free men,    though we are poor

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you diggers all stand up for glory stand up now

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from the men of property,     the orders came

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they sent the hired men and troopers to wipe out the Diggers'

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tear down their cottages, destroy their corn

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they were dispersed, but still the vision lingers on

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you poor take courage,    you rich take care

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this earth was made a common treasury for everyone to share

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all things in common,      all people one

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we come in peace, the orders came to cut them down