God is the only landlord

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Sung to the tune of "We Plough The Fields And Scatter"

H/T The Episcopelican

An Anglo-Catholic Socialist hymn, for May Day.
Original lyrics by Charles Dalmon.
Revisions by Fr. Kenneth Leech for the Jubilee Group, and Ted Mellor.

1. You faithful saints and martyrs

Who fought for truth and right,

We ask your prayers and blessings

To aid us in our fight.

Your faith shall be our watchword,

Your cause shall be our own -

To fight against oppression

Till it be overthrown.

Lift up the people's banner

And let the ancient cry

For justice and for freedom

Re-echo to the sky.

2. In many a golden story,

On many a golden page,

The poets in their poems

Have sung the golden age,

The age of love and beauty,

The age of joy and peace,

When everyone lived gladly

And shared the earth's increase.

Lift up the people's banner

And let the ancient cry

For justice and for freedom

Re-echo to the sky.

3. Today the tyrants triumph

And bind us for their gains,

But Jesus Christ our Saviour

Will free us from our chains,

And love, the only master,

Will strive with might and greed,

Till might is right no longer,

And right is might indeed.

Lift up the people's banner

And let the ancient cry

For justice and for freedom

Re-echo to the sky.

4. God is the only Landlord

To whom our rents are due.

God made the earth for everyone

And not for just a few.

The four parts of creation --

Earth, water, air, and fire --

God made and ranked and stationed

For everyone's desire.

Lift up the people's banner

And let the ancient cry

For justice and for freedom

Re-echo to the sky.

5. God made the earth for freedom

And God alone is Lord,

And we will win our birthright

By truth's eternal sword;

And all the powers of darkness

And all the hosts of pride

Shall pass and be forgotten

For God is by our side.

Lift up the people's banner

And let the ancient cry

For justice and for freedom

Re-echo to the sky.

6. Christ blessed the meek and told them

That they the earth should own.

And he will lead the battle

From his eternal throne.

O have no fear, my comrades,

Cry out in holy mirth!

For God to us has promised

His Kingdom here on earth.

Lift up the people's banner

And let the ancient cry

For justice and for freedom

Re-echo to the sky.