Lamentations of the Flame Princess - England Upturn'd

Lamentations of the Flame Princess - England Upturn'dThe law locks up the man or womanWho steals the goose off the commonBut leaves the greater villain looseWho steals the common from the gooseThe law demands that we atoneWhen we take things we do not ownBut leaves the lords and ladies fineWho takes things that are yours and mineThe poor and wretched dont escapeIf they conspire the law to break; This must be so but they endureThose who conspire to make the law. The law locks up the man or womanWho

The law locks up the man or woman
Who steals the goose off the common
But leaves the greater villain loose
Who steals the common from the goose
The law demands that we atone
When we take things we do not own
But leaves the lords and ladies fine
Who takes things that are yours and mine
The poor and wretched don’t escape
If they conspire the law to break;
This must be so but they endure
Those who conspire to make the law.
The law locks up the man or woman
Who steals the goose from off the common
And geese will still a common lack
Till they go and steal it back
 
‘Protest Ballad, Anon. circa 1635’. 

England Upturn’d is an adventure set during the English Civil War, for use with Lamentations of the Flame Princess Weird Fantasy Role-Playing and other traditional role-playing games.