Song to the Men of England
New Model ArmyOriginal | Versione inglese cantabile di “Un du akerst” di Chaim Zhitlowsky pro... |
SONG TO THE MEN OF ENGLAND Men of England, wherefore plough For the lords who lay ye low? Wherefore weave with toil and care The rich robes your tyrants wear? Wherefore feed and clothe and save, From the cradle to the grave, Those ungrateful drones who would Drain your sweat - nay, drink your blood? [Wherefore, Bees of England, forge Many a weapon, chain, and scourge, That these stingless drones may spoil The forced produce of your toil?] Have ye leisure, comfort, calm, Shelter, food, love's gentle balm? Or what is it ye buy so dear With your pain and with your fear? The seed ye sow another reaps; The wealth ye find another keeps; The robes ye weave another wears; The arms ye forge another bears. Sow seed - but let not tyrant reap Find wealth - let no impostor heap Weave robes - let not the idle wear Forge arms, in your defence to bear. [Shrink to your cellars, holes, and cells; In halls ye deck another dwells. Why shake the chains ye wrought? Ye see The steel ye tempered glance on ye.] With plough and spade and hoe and loom Trace your grave and build your tomb And weave your winding-sheet, till fair England be your sepulchre! | AND YOU PLOW You are the plowmen and you sow, You are the farmers and you mow, And you toil with might and main: What, my people, is your gain? Kling klang, kling klang, The hammer beats relentlessly. Kling klang, kling klang, Break the bonds of slavery. Day and night you weave on the loom, Dig out metals in the gloom. Reap the harvest in due time. Flowing horn of bread and wine. Kling klang, kling klang, The hammer beats relentlessly. Kling klang, kling klang, Break the bonds of slavery. But what feasts have you to share? And what festive clothes to wear? Where, my people, is your sharp sword? Where, oh where is your reward? Kling klang, kling klang, The hammer beats relentlessly. Kling klang, kling klang, Break the bonds of slavery. |