“The Lords of Labour“ - English communist song

Aside from making my own music, I really enjoy creating these lyrics videos for various historical/political songs. I stopped this activity after I started publishing my own music, but I really want to keep this old hobby of mine going. “The Lords of Labour“ is an English communist song written by the admirable Cornelius Cardew (1936 - 1981) - an experimental music composer and a member of the Communist Party of England Lyrics: The lords of labour they plot together Their bankrupt schemes to keep us down. Their message to the working class Is to cringe before the rich man’s frown. They say that it’s in the whole country’s interest To tighten our belts and make no demands. But they speak for the class that exploits us and rules us And we must get them off our hands. Our labour power is all we have We must sell it at the rich man’s price This system is called wage slavery But democracy sounds a bit more polite. They