Now John Locke and his followers, they'll preach and they'll plead,
That "all men are equal," a dangerous creed!
A lie that was written on a parchment so fine,
To poison the well and to sever the vine.
For nineteen in twenty need a guide and a hand;
They're children, not sovereigns, in this promised new land.
And to leave them to "freedom" is the cruelest of fates;
It's the law of the jungle at the factory gates.
That "all men are equal," a dangerous creed!
A lie that was written on a parchment so fine,
To poison the well and to sever the vine.
For nineteen in twenty need a guide and a hand;
They're children, not sovereigns, in this promised new land.
And to leave them to "freedom" is the cruelest of fates;
It's the law of the jungle at the factory gates.
I've seen the word "wagie" bandied around a lot lately, but didn't know until recently what it denoted. For anyone still confounded, it means an individual who has a remunerative occupation, but the word also harbors a negative connotation and is used as a pejorative. The more you know!