The Gentry are all round, stand up now, stand up now, The Gentry are all round, stand up now; The Gentry are all round, on each side they are found, Their wisdoms so profound to cheat us of our ground. Stand up now, stand up now. The Lawyers they conjoin, stand up now, stand up now, The Lawyers they conjoin, stand up now; To arrest you they advise, such fury they devise, The devil in them lies, and hath blinded both their eyes. Stand up now, stand up now. The Clergy they come in, stand up now, stand up now, The Clergy they come in, stand up now; The Clergy they come in, and say it is a sin That we should now begin our freedom for to win. Stand up now, Diggers all! The tithes they yet will have, stand up now, stand up now, The tithes they yet will have, stand up now; The tithes they yet will have, and Lawyers their fees crave, And this they say is brave, to make the poor their slave. Stand up now, Diggers all! ’Gainst Lawyers and ’gainst Priests, stand up now, stand up now, ’Gainst Lawyers and ’gainst Priests, stand up now; For tyrants they are both, even flat against their oath, To grant us they are loath, free meat, and drink and cloth. Stand up now, Diggers all! The club is all their law, stand up now, stand up now, The club is all their law, stand up now; The club is all their law, to keep poor men in awe, But they no vision saw, to maintain such a law. Stand up now, Diggers all! The Cavaliers are foes, stand up now, stand up now, The Cavaliers are foes, stand up now; The Cavaliers are foes, themselves they do disclose By verses, not in prose, to please the singing boys. Stand up now, Diggers all! To conquer them by love, come in now, come in now, To conquer them by love, come in now; To conquer them by love, as it does you behove, For He is King above, no Power is like to Love. Glory here, Diggers all. Major Cartwright “The Father of Reform” 1775–1824 AUTHORITIES: _Life and Correspondence of Major Cartwright_, edited by his Niece, 1826; _A Memoir of John Cartwright the Reformer_, 1831; _The Times_, September 25th, 1824; Graham Wallas--_Francis Place_. [Illustration: MAJOR CARTWRIGHT (_From a Contemporary Drawing._)] MAJOR CARTWRIGHT “THE FATHER OF REFORM” 1775–1824. The substance of Major Cartwright’s life is told on the pedestal beneath his statue in the dingy garden of Burton Crescent, to the south of Euston Road, in London. JOHN CARTWRIGHT, Born 28th September, 1740. Died 23rd September, 1824. The Firm, Consistent and Persevering Advocate of _Universal Suffrage_, Equal Representation, Vote by Ballot and Annual Parliaments.