P-Pix

[Terrance]

Like a rolling stone 
 A like a rolling stone 
 Like the FBI and the CIA 
 And the BBC--BB King 
 And Doris Day 
 Matt Busby 
 Dig it, dig it, dig it 
 Dig it, dig it, dig it, dig it, dig it, dig it, dig it, dig
it 

 [That was 'Can You Dig It' by Georgie Wood. And now we'd
like to do 'Hark The
 Angels Come'.]

I dig a pony 
             Well you can celebrate anything you want 
             Well you can celebrate anything you want 
             Ooh. 
             I do a road hog 
             Well you can penetrate any place you go 
             Yes you can penetrate any place you go 
             I told you, all I want is you. 
         Ev'rything has got to bejust like you want it to 
             Because-- 

             I pick a moon dog 
             Well you can radiate ev'rything you are 
             Yes you can radiate ev'rything you are-- 
             Ooh. 
             I roll a stoney 
             Well you can imitate ev'ryone you know 
             Yes you can imitate ev'ryone you know 
             I told you, all I want is you. 
          Ev'rything has got to bejust like you want it to 
             Because-- 

             I feel the wind blow 
             Well you can indicate ev'rything you see 
             Yes you can indicate ev'rything you see-- 
             Ooh. 
             I dug a pony 
             Well you can syndicate any boat you row 
             Yes you can syndicate any boat you row 
             I told you, all I want is you. 
           Ev'rything has got to bejust like you want it to 
             Because--

Paul Mackin wrote:
> 
> In addition to the English Diggers (and Levellers) has anyone recalled the
> San Francisco Diggers. Unfortunately they came along too late to have
> influenced P. Around the mid 60s. They were a band of politically active
> artists,  writers, etc. Can ya dig it?
> 
>      P.
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Dave Monroe" <davidmmonroe at yahoo.com>
> To: <pynchon-l at waste.org>
> Sent: Tuesday, July 03, 2001 7:50 AM
> Subject: Re: P-Pix
> 
> > When I think "Diggers," I think ...
> >
> > "The World Turned Upside Down"
> > (c) 1981 by Leon Rosselson
> >
> > In 1649, to St. George's Hill
> > A ragged band they called the Diggers came
> >    to show the people's will
> > They defied the landlords, they defined the laws
> > They were the dispossessed reclaiming what was theirs
> >
> > We come in peace, they said, to dig and sow
> > We come to work the lands in common and to
> >    make the waste ground grow
> > This earth divided we will make whole
> > So it will be a common treasury for all
> >
> > The sin of property we do disdain
> > No man has any right to buy and sell the
> >    earth for private gain
> > By theft and murder they took the land
> > Now everywhere the walls spring up at their command
> >
> > They make the laws to chain us well
> > The clergy dazzle us with heaven or they damn us
> >    into hell
> > We will not worship the God they serve
> > The God of greed who feeds the rich while
> >    poor folks starve
> >
> > We work we eat together, we need no swords
> > We will not bow to the masters or pay rent
> >    to the lords
> > Still we are free though we are poor
> > You Diggers all stand up for glory, stand up now
> >
> > From the men of property the orders came
> > They sent the hired men and troopers to wipe out
> >    the Digger's claim
> > Tear down their cottages, destroy their corn
> > They were dispersed but still the vision lingers on
> >
> > You poor take courage, you rich take care
> > This earth was made a common treasury for
> >    everyone to share
> > All things in common, all people one
> > We come in peace, the orders came to cut them down
> >
> > http://www.web.net/~smorton/Billy_Bragg/The_World_Turned_Upside_Down.html
> >
> > And check out the links there, e.g. ...
> >
> >
> http://etext.virginia.edu/etcbin/ot2www?specfile=/web/data/journals/EH/www/e
> h.o2w&act=text&offset=57185&textreg=1
> >
> > Not to mention ...
> >
> > http://www.diggers.org/english_diggers.htm
> >
> >
> > http://www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~royhan/film/index2.html
> >
> > And see ...
> >
> > Hill, Christopher.  The World Turned Upisde Down:
> >    Radical Ideas in the English Revolution.
> >    New York: Penguin, 1972.
> >
> > Which I've tended to carry with me to those Billy
> > Bragg shows ...
> >
> > --- jbor <jbor at bigpond.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > I wonder if that mention of a "diggers ass" in the
> > > last line of what is
> > > apparently one of the letters (right at the bottom
> > > of the page) is a
> > > reference to the derogatory label which the American
> > > settlers gave to their
> > > West Coast Indian slaves in the 1870s and 1880s
> >
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