Levellers and Diggers (Gerard Winstanley) (5/19/98: We now have a RealAudio recording of this song) From A Ballad History of England, Palmer. Their leader, Gerrard Winstanley, was a bankrupt cloth merchant turned cattle herdsman, who claimed he had received a divine injunction that people should ‘work together; eat bread together’.     You noble Diggers all, stand up now, Winstanley was the ideological driving force behind the Diggers, or as they preferred to be known, the True Levellers, a radical left-wing movement within the English Revolution. This verse is from one of Winstanley's writings, namely 'The Digger Song', and the many verses virtually encompass the whole cause. 'The power of property was brought into creation by the sword', so wrote Gerrard Winstanley (1609-1676) – Christian Communist, leader of the Diggers movement and bête noire of the landed aristocracy. [2], You noble Diggers all, stand up now, stand up now, It seeks to motivate and empower the Diggers' movement, to win recognition for their cause. As the lyrics are Winstanley’s, they paint a better picture of the time period in song. The English band Chumbawambarecorded a version of this song on th… Also, Chumbawamba sang "The Diggers' Song" in 1988 on their LP English Rebel Songs 1381–1914 and they recorded it again in 2003 for the re-made CD English Rebel Songs 1381–1984. Voici la version du groupe anglais Chumbawamba, en 1988 : Lire à propos de cet … A clip from Kevin Brownlow's film Winstanley. It's the story of the Digger Commune of 1649 and their vision of the earth as "a common treasury". You noble Diggers all stand up now, stand up now! State Papers, Dom. An older song, the "Diggers' Song", said to be written by Gerrard Winstanley was recorded by the English group Chumbawamba on their "English Rebel Songs 1381–1914" in 1988. The song, "The World Turned Upside Down," by English folksinger Leon Rosselson, weaves many of Winstanley's own words into the lyrics. A clip from Kevin Brownlow's film Winstanley. Winstanley Digger Song A clip from the 1975 film Winstanley. As on previous occasions he and our other diggers will be accompanied by members of the Bolton Clarion Socialist Choir who will lead the singing of Winstanley’s “Diggers’ Song” and “The World Turned Upside Down” by Leon Rosselson, a song which tells the story of the 17th century Diggers, and which was made famous by Billy Bragg. An older song said to be written by Gerrard Winstanley was recorded by the English group "Chumwabamba" on their "English Rebel Songs 1381-1914" in 1988. In 2007, they sang it on their live CD Get On With It – Live. Stand up now, Diggers all.[3]. The rain brings back memories of ECW reenacting. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. The wast land to maintain, seeing Cavaliers by name Winstanley's rallying song was sung by Leon Rosselson with Roy Bailey and Sue Harris, and accompanied by Martin Carthy on guitar, on Rosselson's 1979 album If I Knew Who the Enemy Was . You noble Diggers all, stand up now, stand up now, You noble Diggers all, stand up now; The waste land to maintain, seeing Cavaliers by name. Your houses they pull down, stand up now, stand up now, Your houses they pull do… It is often thought that "The World Turned Upside Down" (not to be confused with the 17th-century ballad of the same title), composed by Leon Rosselson in 1975, taken into the charts in 1985 by Billy Bragg, and performed by several other artists, is a version of "Diggers' Song". The song was selected by Tony Benn when he appeared on BBC Radio 4's Desert Island Discs on 15 January 1989. Your houses they pull down to fright your men in town, The Diggers were a group of Protestant radicals in England, sometimes seen as forerunners of modern anarchism, [1] and also associated with agrarian socialism [2][3] and Georgism. No comments: Post a comment. It's become a kind of anthem for various radical groups, particularly since Billy Bragg recorded it [1985], and is not adapted from any other song. Your digging do … Yesterday, I put up the sheet music for the Diggers’ Song, from Roy Palmer’s A Ballad History of England.As usual, I didn’t have the words, but Jess kindly supplied them, as well as the another Digger song, The Diggers’ Christmas Carol.As well as the Diggers, … 221). You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. The Diggers were a group of Gerrard Winstanley's followers were known as True Levellers in 1649 and later became known as Diggers, because of their attempts to farm on common land.. Their original name came from their belief in economic equality based upon a specific passage in the Book of Acts. 'Gainst lawyers and 'gainst Priests, stand up now, stand up now,'Gainst lawyers and 'gainst Priests stand up now.For tyrants they are both even flatt againnst their oath,To grant us they are loath free meat and drink and cloth.Stand up now, Diggers all.The club is all their law, stand up now, stand up now,The club is all their law, stand up now.The club is all their law to keep men in awe,But they no vision saw to maintain such a law.Stand up now, Diggers all.The Cavaleers are foes, stand up now, stand up now,The Cavaleers are foes, stand up now;The Cavaleers are foes, themselves they do discloseBy verses not in prose to please the singing boyes.Stand up now, Diggers all.To conquer them by love, come in now, come in nowTo conquer them by love, come in now;To conquer them by love, as itt does you behove,For hee is King above, noe power is like to love,Glory heere, Diggers all. This folk song–related article is a stub. Gerrard Winstanley was born in Wigan in 1609, a fact that is celebrated in the self proclaimed nation's pie capital with a memorial garden and an annual music festival - The Wigan Digger's Festival. The Soviet-era Alexander Garden Obelisk in Moscow, Russia, in 1918 included his name among a list of outstanding thinkers and personalities of the struggle for the liberation of workers. The annual Wigan Diggers’ Festival celebrates the life and ideas of Wigan born Gerrard Winstanley and the 17th Century Diggers’ movement. Twenty years later, it was included in Harry's Gone Fishing. The lyrics were published in 1894 by the Camden Society. Full lyrics below.You noble Diggers all, stand up now, stand up now,You noble Diggers all, stand up now,The wast land to maintain, seeing Cavaliers by nameYour digging does maintain, and persons all defameStand up now, stand up now.Your houses they pull down, stand up now, stand up now,Your houses they pull down, stand up now.Your houses they pull down to fright your men in townBut the gentry must come down, and the poor shall wear the crown.Stand up now, Diggers all.With spades and hoes and plowes, stand up now, stand up nowWith spades and hoes and plowes stand up now,Your freedom to uphold, seeing Cavaliers are boldTo kill you if they could, and rights from you to hold.Stand up now, Diggers all.Theire self-will is theire law, stand up now, stand up now,Theire self-will is theire law, stand up now.Since tyranny came in they count it now no sinTo make a gaol a gin, to starve poor men therein.Stand up now, Diggers all.The gentrye are all round, stand up now, stand up now,The gentrye are all round, stand up now.The gentrye are all round, on each side they are found,Theire wisdom's so profound, to cheat us of our groundStand up now, stand up now.The lawyers they conjoyne, stand up now, stand up now,The lawyers they conjoyne, stand up now,To arrest you they advise, such fury they devise,The devill in them lies, and hath blinded both their eyes.Stand up now, stand up now.The clergy they come in, stand up now, stand up now,The clergy they come in, stand up now.The clergy they come in, and say it is a sinThat we should now begin, our freedom for to win.Stand up now, Diggers all.The tithes they yet will have, stand up now, stand up now,The tithes they yet will have, stand up now.The tithes they yet will have, and lawyers their fees crave,And this they say is brave, to make the poor their slave.Stand up now, Diggers all. The lyrics were published in 1894 by the Camden Society. They were people unwilling to pay taxes, demaded buy the state for civil warfare. The Diggers’ Song. A number of religious sects came into being at the time, many of them with rather odd names – the Ranters, Muddlers, Levellers, Quakers, Muggletonians, and the Diggers. You noble Diggers all, stand up now, stand up now, You noble Diggers all, stand up now, The wast land to maintain, seeing Cavaliers by name Your digging does maintain, and persons all defame Chumbawamba also released a version of Rosselson's composition on their 1993 single "Timebomb". Among other things that Winstanley wrote was a ballad recorded by Chumbawamba (of “I Get Knocked Down” fame), “The Diggers’ Song” Winstanley has inspired numerous songs over the years including Leon Rosselson’s “The World Turned Upside Down” – covered by … Among other things that Winstanley wrote was a ballad recorded by Chumbawamba (of “I Get Knocked Down” fame), “The Diggers’ Song” Winstanley has inspired numerous songs over the years including Leon Rosselson’s “The World Turned Upside Down” – covered by … And the singing. In the film, the cast sings the first, second and last stanzas of the song. The Diggers were a group of Protestant radicals, sometimes seen as forerunners to modern anarchism, and also associated with agrarian socialism and Georgism. The Diggers’ Song. Gerrard Winstanley’s followers were known as True Levellersin 1649 and later became known as Diggers, because of their attempts to farm on common land.. Their original name came from their … The English band Chumbawamba recorded a version of this song on their 1988 album English Rebel Songs 1381–1914.         Stand up now, stand up now. A stirring ‘Digger's Song,’ probably written by Winstanley, is printed in the ‘Clarke Papers’ (ii. As on previous occasions he will be accompanied by members of the Bolton Clarion Socialist Choir who will lead the singing of Winstanley’s “Diggers’ Song” and “The World Turned Upside Down” by Leon Rosselson, a song which tells the story of The Diggers, made famous by Billy Bragg. Rosselson later recorded a version of The Diggers' Song (under the title "You Noble Diggers All"), using the traditional lyrics and tune, on his album Harry's Gone Fishing. As the lyrics are Winstanley's, they paint a better picture of the time period in song. Posted by Ralphus at 10:24. Diggers Song (1649) by Gerrard Winstanley. Despite being one of the great English radicals, Winstanley remains unmentioned in today's lists of … The "Diggers' Song" (also known as "Levellers and Diggers") is a 17th-century English ballad, in terms of content a protest song concerned with land rights, inspired by the Diggers movement, composed by Gerrard Winstanley. The singer-songwriter Leon Rosselson recalled being 'fired up by discovering Winstanley' in The World Turned Upside Down; after reading it he sought out other books on Winstanley and wrote his Digger song 'The World Turned Upside Down: Part 2', which has since become one of the best-known protest anthems of recent years. You noble Diggers all stand up now! Gardiner had, like Berens, Davidson and Gooch, described Winstanley and the Diggers as ‘socialist’ or ‘communist’, while for G. M. Trevelyan it was evident that ‘Winstanley founded English Communism’. The singer-songwriter Leon Rosselson recalled being ‘fired up by discovering Winstanley’ in The World Turned Upside Down; after reading it he sought out other books on Winstanley and wrote his Digger song ‘The World Turned Upside Down: Part 2’, which has since become one of the best-known protest anthems of recent years. Les Diggers (Bêcheux) et les Levellers (Niveleurs) ont contribué puissamment à cet effort de libération de l’humanité de l’exploitation et de l’oppression capitaliste. 1653–4, p. 338). The " Diggers' Song " (also known as " Levellers and Diggers ") is a 17th-century English ballad, in terms of content a protest song concerned with land rights, inspired by the Diggers movement, composed by Gerrard Winstanley. G errard Winstanley was 40 years old when Charles I was executed. Newer Post Older Post Home. It is sung to a version of the family of tunes later used for "Sam Hall", "Captain Kidd", and "Admiral John Benbow", which according to Roy Palmer was first printed in 1714.     Your houses they pull down, stand up now. Your houses they pull down, stand up now, stand up now, The title is taken from Christopher Hill's book about the English revolution. 1 Had he been born 20 years before, or after, history would likely have been robbed of one of its most inspiring visionaries. With spades and hoes and plowes, stand up now, stand up now With spades and hoes and plowes, stand up now, Your freedom to uphold, seeing Cavaliers are bold Hill's books were also read widely by students at the new British … A song by Gerrard Winstanley Performed by Smokey Dymny - You noble Diggers all, stand up now, stand up now, You noble Diggers all, stand up now, The wast land to maintain, seeing Cavaliers by name Your digging does maintain, and persons all defame Stand up now, stand up now. 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