We Only Want The Earth Lyrics

We Only Want The Earth lyrics

Some men, faint-hearted, ever seek

Our programme to retouch,

And
will insist, when're they speak

That we demand too much.

'Tis
passing strange, yet I declare

Such statements cause me mirth,

For
our demands most moderate are,

We only want the earth.

 

"Be
moderate" the trimmers cry.

Who dread the tyrants thunder.

You ask
too much and people fly

From you aghast in wonder.

'Tis passing
strange, for I declare

Such statements give me mirth,

For our
demands most moderate are,

We only want the earth.



Our
masters all a godly crew,

Whose hearts throb for the poor,

Their
sympathies assure us, too,

If our demands were fewer.

Most generous
souls! But please observe,

What they enjoy from birth

Is all we ever
had the nerve

To ask, that is, the earth.



The"labour fakir"
full of guile,

Base doctrine ever preaches,

And whilst he bleeds
the rank and file

Tame moderation teaches.

Yet, in despite, we'll
see the day

When, with sword in its girth,

Labour shall march in
war array

To seize its own, the earth.

 

For labour long'
with sighs and tears,

To its oppressors knelt.

But never yet, to
aught save fears,

Did the heart of tyrant melt.

We need not kneel,
our cause no dearth

Of loyal soldiers' needs

And our victorious
rallying cry

Shall be we want the earth!