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Date: Sun, 02 Nov 1997 17:55:16 +0000 (Z)
From: "Boulton, Nic" <
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Subject: CRD: /b/Bragg_Billy/World_turned_upside_down.crd
From the Between the Wars EP, or the CD version of Life s a Riot
[intro]:
droning
[verse]:
[tab]
In sixteen forty nine to St George s Hill[/tab]
[tab]
a ragged band they called the Diggers came to show the peoples [/tab]
will
[tab]
they defied the Landlords, they defied the laws[/tab]
[tab]
they were the dispossessed, reclaiming what was theirs[/tab]
[tab]
"we come in peace" they said, to dig and sow[/tab]
[tab]
we come to work the lands in common and to make the wastegrounds[/tab]
grow
[tab]
this earth divided, we will make whole[/tab]
[tab]
so it will be a common treasury for all[/tab]
[tab]
the sin of property, we do disdain[/tab]
[tab]
no man has any right to buy and sell the earth for private gain[/tab]
[tab]
by theft and murder they took the land[/tab]
[tab]
now everywhere the walls spring up at their command[/tab]
[tab]
they make the laws to chain us well[/tab]
[tab]
the clergy dazzle us with heaven or they damn us into hell[/tab]
[tab]
we will not worship the god they serve[/tab]
[tab]
the god of greed who feeds the rich while poor man starve[/tab]
[tab]
we work, we eat together we need no swords[/tab]
[tab]
we will not bow to the masters or pay rent to the lords[/tab]
[tab]
we are free men, though we are poor[/tab]
[tab]
you diggers all stand up for glory stand up now[/tab]
[tab]
from the men of property, the orders came[/tab]
[tab]
they sent the hired men and troopers to wipe out the Diggers [/tab]
claim
[tab]
tear down their cottages, destroy their corn[/tab]
[tab]
they were dispersed, but still the vision lingers on[/tab]
[tab]
you poor take courage, you rich take care[/tab]
[tab]
this earth was made a common treasury for everyone to share[/tab]
[tab]
all things in common, all people one[/tab]
[tab]
we come in peace, the orders came to cut them down[/tab]
chords
EADGBe
022100 - E
799877 - B
577655 - A
For that nice Mr Bebbington and his mates
Nic
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