"Algunos cantautores, cuando tocan se imaginan que son Bob Dylan; yo me imagino que soy The Clash"
Billy Bragg, nacido en Barking, Essex-Inglaterra el 20 de diciembre de 1957, es un cantautor izquierdista muy vinculado al movimiento obrero.
Formó parte del llamado anti-Folk de los años 80. Es un artista influido tanto por el punk-rock (en especial The Clash, se le conoció como el 'one-man-Clash'), como por los cantautores comprometidos, en especial
¡Cuatro años de duro trabajo!Este mes de mayo cumplimos cuatro años al aire. Seguimos trabajando en la difusión de este maravilloso instrumento, ¡gracias por participar en nuestra historia!
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From the Between the Wars EP, or the CD version of Life's a Riot
[intro]:
droning E
[verse]:
EB In sixteen forty nine to St George's Hill AE a ragged band they called the Diggers came to show the peoples' will EB they defied the Landlords, they defied the laws ABE they were the dispossessed, reclaiming what was theirs
EB "we come in peace" they said, to dig and sow AE we come to work the lands in common and to make the wastegrounds grow EB this earth divided, we will make whole ABE so it will be a common treasury for all
EB the sin of property, we do disdain AE no man has any right to buy and sell the earth for private gain EB by theft and murder they took the land ABE now everywhere the walls spring up at their command
EB they make the laws to chain us well AE the clergy dazzle us with heaven or they damn us into hell EB we will not worship the god they serve ABE the god of greed who feeds the rich while poor man starve
EB we work, we eat together we need no swords AE we will not bow to the masters or pay rent to the lords EB we are free men, though we are poor ABE you diggers all stand up for glory stand up now
EB from the men of property, the orders came AE they sent the hired men and troopers to wipe out the Diggers' claim EB tear down their cottages, destroy their corn ABE they were dispersed, but still the vision lingers on
EB you poor take courage, you rich take care AE this earth was made a common treasury for everyone to share EB all things in common, all people one ABE we come in peace, the orders came to cut them down