The Diggers' Song by Gerrard Winstanley, 17th century, England, performed by Chumbawamba
Context: The Diggers were a small but radical group of agrarian socialists and Protestant dissidents in 17th-century England who, after the execution of Charles I, occupied common land in 1649 to cultivate it collectively and challenge private property and enclosure. Their communities were harassed and dispersed by landowners and authorities by 1650, but their ideas about communal land use and economic equality left a lasting legacy in later social movements.






