Peasant

A member of the class comprising small farmers and tenants, sharecroppers, and laborers on the land where these constitute the main labor force in agriculture (American Heritage).

"The peasant's ordinary days, however, were spent in steady labour on his own lands and on those of his lord. The rhythm of the seasons held him in thrall. Ceaselessly he laboured; preparing, planting, tending, reaping--round and round he went with the passage of the months."

Six Medieval Men & Women, "Richard Bradwater," H. S. Bennett (1955).

"As soon as you're born, they make you feel small

By giving you no time instead of it all,

Until the pain is so big you feel nothing at all.

A working-class hero is something to be.

A working-class hero is something to be.

They hurt you at home and they hit you at school.

They hate you if you're clever and they despise a fool,

Until you're so fucking crazy you can't follow their rules.

(Refrain)

When they've tortured and scared you for 20-odd years,

Then they expect you to pick a career,

When you can't really function you're so full of fear.

(Refrain)

You've been doped with religion and sex and t.v.

And you think you're so clever and classless and free.

But you're still fucking peasants as far as I can see.

(Refrain)

There's room at the top they're telling you still.

But first you must learn to smile as you kill,

If you want to be like the folks on the hill.

(Refrain)

If you want to be a hero, well just follow me.

If you want to be a hero, well just follow me."

John Lennon, Working Class Hero (1970).