Tore the people from the land
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Torched their houses with bloodied hands
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Thousands starved or died at sea
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A sickening toll of human misery
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Broke the old clan system where land was there for all
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And once the people had their backs against the wall
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The connivance of the church cleared them off the land
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"Remember it's God's will so don't try to make a stand"
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They made a desert wher trees once stood
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Squeezing from the land every penny that they could
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Ethnic cleaning of the glens for farming sheep
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'Cos that way there's more profit for the rich scum to reap (rape)
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"Beautiful bleak moorland?"- I don't think so
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This is a place where great forests used to grow
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Laid waste by a rich man's greed
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Reclaim the land and plant the seed
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Yet still every year, seeking their roots
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They come from overseas to kiss the boots
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Of the clan chief and lick the hand
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Of the very people who threw their families off the land
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This is nothing more than a sick farce
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paying homage to the ruling class
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Who, without hesitation, do it all again
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Those who forget history to repeat it are condemned
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"Gee, Scotland-It's so quaint
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All this scenery makes me feel quite
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faint
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Clan chief looks so good in his kilt
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We never think of the blood his family spilt"
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"I'm the clan chief o.k. yah
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I support Scotland when they play rugger
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But an independent country? there I'd draw the line
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I own this land it's mine all mine
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FUCK YOU, You arrogant prick
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You inbred rich bastard, YOU MAKE ME FUCKING SICK
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You own fuck all-except in your head
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One day the land will be ours-and you'll be dead
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I won't beg permission to walk the land they claim to "own"
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And I won't pay no fucker to gain access to THE STONES
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The rich have stolen and buy and sell our earth
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But it belongs to NO ONE-or to all by right of birth
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TAKE BACK THE LAND, TAKE BACK THE LAND
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TAKE BACK THE LAND, TAKE BACK THE LAND
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TAKE BACK THE LAND, TAKE BACK THE LAND
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TAKE BACK THE LAND, TAKE BACK THE LAND
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TAKE IT
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Take Back the Land
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| Oi Polloi |
