Lyrics:
In 1649To St. George's HillA ragged band they called the DiggersCame to show the people's willThey defied the landlordsThey defied the lawsThey were the dispossessedReclaiming what was theirs'We come in peace,' they said'To dig and sowWe come to work the lands in commonAnd to make the waste grounds growThis earth dividedWe will make wholeSo it will beA common treasury for allThe sin of propertyWe do disdainNo man has any right to buy and sellThe earth for private gainBy theft and murderThey took the landNow everywhere the wallsSpring up at their commandThey make the lawsTo chain us wellThe clergy dazzle us with heavenOr they damn us into hellWe will not worshipThe God they serveThe God of greed who feeds the richWhile poor men starveWe work we eat togetherWe need no swordsWe will not bow to the mastersOr pay rent to the lordsWe are free menThough we are poorYou Diggers all stand up for gloryStand up nowFrom the men of propertyThe orders cameThey sent the hired men and troopersTo wipe out the Diggers' claimTear down their cottagesDestroy their cornThey were dispersedBut still the vision lingers onYou poor take courageYou rich take careThis earth was made a common treasuryFor everyone to shareAll things in commonAll people one'We come in peace - 'The orders came to cut them down