Peggy Seeger 1968
2011?
First recorded on Seeger’s “Angry Muse” album from 1968 with Ewan MacColl, again with new lyrics by Seeger on her final “Teleology” album at the age of 90.
When the system leaves you out in the cold (sit down, sit down) When you’ve lost your job and your life’s on hold (sit down, sit down) When your pension’s gone and your wages cut (sit down, sit down) And the bankers tell you they’re hard up (Sit down, sit down) Chorus: Sit down, just take a seat Sit down and rest your feet Sit down on the concrete Sit down, sit down! When the rich get richer and the poor stay poor? When there’s always cash for another war? When the NHS is up for sale? And the government’s spouting fairy tales? When public services get the axe? And corporations pay no tax? It’s a bank job, there is no doubt? They buy us up to sell us out? You’ll find us here, you’ll find us there? You’ll find us sitting down everywhere? Don’t get drunk, don’t get high? Get together and occupy?