[samhw]

The law locks up the man or woman,

Who steals the goose from off the common,

But leaves the greater villain loose,

Who steals the common from off the goose

The law demands that we atone,

When we take things we do not own,

But leaves the lords and ladies fine,

Who take 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

- 17th century English folk poem, post Enclosure Acts