Oi Polloi - Take Back The Land Lyrics
Tore the people from the landTorched their houses with bloodied handsThousands starved or died at seaA sickening toll of human miseryBroke the old clan system where land was there for allAnd once the people had their backs against the wallThe connivance of the church cleared them off the land"Remember it's God's will so don't try to make a stand"They made a desert wher trees once stoodSqueezing from the land every penny that they couldEthnic cleaning of the glens for farming sheep'Cos that way there's more profit for the rich scum to reap (rape)"Beautiful bleak moorland?"- I don't think soThis is a place where great forests used to growLaid waste by a rich man's greedReclaim the land and plant the seedYet still every year, seeking their rootsThey come from overseas to kiss the bootsOf the clan chief and lick the handOf the very people who threw their families off the landThis is nothing more than a sick farcepaying homage to the ruling classWho, without hesitation, do it all againThose who forget history to repeat it are condemned"Gee, Scotland-It's so quaintAll this scenery makes me feel quitefaintClan chief looks so good in his kiltWe never think of the blood his family spilt""I'm the clan chief o.k. yahI support Scotland when they play ruggerBut an independent country? there I'd draw the lineI own this land it's mine all mine***** YOU, You arrogant prickYou inbred rich bastard, YOU MAKE ME *****ING SICKYou own ***** all-except in your headOne day the land will be ours-and you'll be deadI won't beg permission to walk the land they claim to "own"And I won't pay no *****er to gain access to THE STONESThe rich have stolen and buy and sell our earthBut it belongs to NO ONE-or to all by right of birthTAKE BACK THE LAND, TAKE BACK THE LANDTAKE BACK THE LAND, TAKE BACK THE LANDTAKE BACK THE LAND, TAKE BACK THE LANDTAKE BACK THE LAND, TAKE BACK THE LANDTAKE IT
