Interpret:

Oi Polloi

Album:

Fuaim catha!

Tore the people from the land 
Torched their houses with bloodied hands 
Thousands starved or died at sea 
A sickening toll of human misery 
Broke the old clan system where land was there for all 
And once the people had their backs against the wall 
The 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 stood 
Squeezing from the land every penny that they could 
Ethnic 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 so 
This is a place where great forests used to grow 
Laid waste by a rich man's greed 
Reclaim the land and plant the seed 
Yet still every year, seeking their roots 
They come from overseas to lick the boots 
Of the clan chief and kiss the hand 
Of the very people who threw their families off the land 
This is nothing more than a sick farce 
paying homage to the ruling class 
Who, without hesitation, do it all again 
Those who forget history to repeat it are condemned 


"Gee, Scotland-It's so quaint 
All this scenery makes me feel quite 
faint 


Clan chief looks so good in his kilt 
We never think of the blood his family spilt" 


"I'm the clan chief o.k. yah 
I support Scotland when they play rugger 
But an independent country? there I'd draw the line 
I own this land it's mine all mine 


FUCK YOU, You arrogant prick 
You inbred rich bastard, YOU MAKE ME FUCKING SICK 
You own fuck all-except in your head 
One day the land will be ours-and you'll be dead 


I won't beg permission to walk the land they claim to "own" 
And I won't pay no fucker to gain access to THE STONES 
The rich have stolen and buy and sell our earth 
But it belongs to NO ONE-or to all by right of birth 


TAKE BACK THE LAND, TAKE BACK THE LAND 
TAKE BACK THE LAND, TAKE BACK THE LAND 
TAKE BACK THE LAND, TAKE BACK THE LAND 
TAKE BACK THE LAND, TAKE BACK THE LAND 


TAKE IT