Explanation: At the conclusion of the English Civil War, the Parliamentarian military leader Oliver Cromwell assumed control over England - no longer a monarchy with the execution of Charles I. The first parliament of the new Commonwealth of England was very eager to implement widespread reforms. Cromwell, instead, dissolved parliament and ruled without them as Lord Protector.
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
Explanation: At the conclusion of the English Civil War, the Parliamentarian military leader Oliver Cromwell assumed control over England - no longer a monarchy with the execution of Charles I. The first parliament of the new Commonwealth of England was very eager to implement widespread reforms. Cromwell, instead, dissolved parliament and ruled without them as Lord Protector.
Funny enough, there were proto-socialists active at this time
Billy Bragg - The World Turned Upside Down
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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