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