Oi Polloi are an anarcho-punk band from Scotland that formed around 1981. They started as an Oi! band and later became notable for their contributions to the Scottish Gaelic punk subgenre. Their name is a pun on the English English language loan of the Greek Greek language phrase hoi polloi (Greek Greek language : ) which literally means "the many", but is extended to mean "the masses" or "the common people".

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  • Go Green
    Governments and multinationalsCorrupt and twisted women and menAre going to bring this planetTo a premature endWith their selfishness and greedThey destroy anything of worthAre you just going to sit and watchTheir...

  • No More Roads
    Swarming over the fence in drovesWe're gonna stop this roadHandcuffed to the machineryIn defence of beautiful greeneryPeople come from far and nearTo stop the road right hereEarthmovers trashed in the dead of...

  • Thin Green Line
    So here we are - a thin green lineInto the nineties, runnig out of timeExtinction of our planet has already begun but don't let them tell you nothing can be doneSome of us are angry & fighting backNon-violent direct...

  • Take Back The Land
    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...

  • THC
    Oi! Oi!Dug my ***in' shit-pitI had to spend a pennyI had to blag some dieselFor the ***in' gennyNow we're skinning upThis gear is ***in' beezerHave you got a quid for some diesel, geezer?T.H.C.Scored some good...

  • Apartheid Stinks
    apartheid system fascist state when you buy south african goods this is the system you perpetuate this system based on fear this system based on hate this system which together we can and must annihilate go!...

  • Commies And Nazis
    I want to have a drink I want to have a laughI don't want no dodgy politics 'cos I ain't that daftDon't need some nutter telling me what to doI can think for myself and so can youCommies and nazis they're all the...

  • Scum
    Dealers selling smack that will ruin your brainAnd bring you nothing but misery and painTeenage adicts dying - that's hardly very funnyBut the dealers are laughing as they pocket the moneyBRING THEM DOWN - RUN THEM...

  • Free The Henge
    Sticks and standing stonesArrests and broken bonesPeoples' homes destroyedVicious thugs employedBy rulers alienatedFrom an earth they've devastatedSurround our temple with barbed wireBut in our hearts there burns a...

  • Reach Out For The Lights
    I don't want to live in a world of hateoppression and restriction control by the stateand i don't want to live in a world of warexploitations and divisions between rich and poori just want to live life just want to be...

  • Nuclear Waste
    Nuclear energy is a conIt's just a cover for making their bombsAnd it sends people to an early graveSo we want the power of the wind and the waves[Chorus:]Harness the windHarness the wavesWe don't need this filthy...

  • 23 Hours
    Arrested - beaten black and blueConfession - beaten out of youYou didn't do it - but you still get the cellIn prison - institiutionalised hell23 houres - banged up day and nightBeatings - given out left and rightBy...

  • No Filthy Nuclear Power
    Radioactive discharge spews forth from wastepipeIt poisons land and seaIt poisons you and meNO FILTHY NUCLEAR POWERThis filthy stinking wasteThey try to tell us it's safeTry telling that to those dying slowly of...

  • Punx Picnic In The Princess Street Gardens
    If you go down in the gardens today you're in for a big surpriseIf you go down in the gardens today you won't believe your eyes'Cos every punk 'n' skin that ever there wasIs there today because becauseToday's the day...

  • The Right To Choose
    Are we to go back to the days of victoriawill we so easily surrender the gains we made so farback to an age of repression hypocrassy and liesforced into the back streets as another freedom diesNo! no return to the...

  • Unite And Win
    Oi! Oi! Oi! Unite and winStick together - Punx 'N' Skins!Oi! Oi! Oi! Unite Unite!Young and old, black and whiteOi! Oi! Oi! Unit eand winStick together through thick and thinOi! Oi! Oi! Unite Unite!Young and old, black...

  • Guilty
    Cops kill youth at the stationRiot breaks out at the demonstrationYou get nicked for doing a pigSenile rich scumbag in a judges wigSaysGUILTY - Of fighting backGUILTY - Of a vicious attackGUILTY - Of standing your...

  • Willie McRae
    Willie was a fighter, Willie was no foolWillie fought to end Westminster ruleRule by scum who thought it would be bestTo use the Highlands for atomic bomb testWillie McRaeWillie McRaeWillie McRaePlans to use Scotland...

  • Hunt The Rich
    You have no soul you have no heartYou'd chase an animal to see it torn apartBlood junky you're full of shitYou want a kicking? you'll ***in' get itSick perverts dressed in redWe won't rest until your "sport" is...

  • Deathcafe
    See the sales rep peddle liesWatch as the mother's baby diesTricked by whitecoats, so misleadingInto unhealthy bottle feedingHear the diseased infants' cries watch the mothers' tearful eyesJoin the boycott, give it...

  • The Earth Is Our Mother
    How can you buy or sell the sky? The warmth of the land? The idea is strange to us. If we do not own the freshness of the air and the sparkle of the water, how can you buy them? Every part of the earth is scared to my...

  • Mindless Few
    Went to a gig for a good night outBut of course it had to be ruined by some moronic loutsWe were all looking forward to a good nightWhen for some stupid reason they started to fightPicked on some folk and knocked them...

  • Meine Augen
    Danke fur deinen briefDanke fur die paketeDanke fur die schokoladeWir sollten zu weihnachten zu hause seinAAAAAAAHHH! Meine augen!Ich kann nicht atmen ich kann nicht sehenMeine haut - Sie BrenntMeine Augen - Sie...

  • Boot Down The Door
    United we stand, divided we fallskins and punks rally to the callnow's the time to change this landand it's your duty to lend a handWe gotta boot down, boot down, boot down the doorSmash their oppression - smash their...

  • *** Everybody That Voted Tory
    In 1979 the Labour government was brought down over its failure to grant even limited autonomy to Scotland as had been promised in its manifesto. Disastrously, the following saw Margaret Thatcher installed as Prime...

  • Nazi Scum
    Standing outsides the primary school gates With their leaflets stirring up race hate Creeping round in the dead of night Setting innocent people's houses alight They stab and kill in radical attacks Just how much more...

  • Dealer In Death
    Hey there Mr. KiplingExceedingly good cakes?You're a dealer in deathYour cost image is a fakeMR. KIPLING - DEATH DEALER!MR. KIPLING - LIFE STEALER!We ask you this questionHow many creatures must dieTo provide the...

  • When Two Men Kiss
    When two men kissWalk hand in handThe fear of whatYou don't understandExplodes into violenceScreams break the silence"The guy was a poof""The guy was queer"DehumanisedAnd living in fearNo, you're not thickAnd you say...

  • Whale Song
    Once this magnificent animal swam freely in the seasBut now held captive for human greed.A miserable "life" behind bars and concrete wallsNo companion killer whales to hear its calls.Yes. I'm sickened by what I've...

  • Pigs For Slaughter
    They shot innocent 5 year old kidmurdered him in his bedThey beat folk with their truncheonsin the cells till they're deadHumiliate and strip search youas a matter of routineBeat you up behind closed doorsand laugh at...

  • *** With Strangers
    He doesn't know her nameShe doesn't know his nameHe ain't got a wifeShe don't ***in' have much of a life*** with strangersShe's gonna take him homeThey ain't gonne be aloneShe's got a sonThe sun shines out of his...

  • Lowest Of The Low
    Spreading lies and muck behind our backsA vicious cowardly attackA spiteful scheming slimeball with a huge egoYour pathetic negative actions make me want to throwI can't belive the depths to which you've sunkYou've...

  • Break The Mould
    Another adolescent suicide - 'cos you don't look the partKilled by the glossy magazines that brainwashed you from the startPhotos of models in expensive clothesDesigner haircuts and arrogant poseRammed down our...

  • Thrown On The Scraphead
    They fought in the war to keep the people freeFrom the nazi scum who would invade our countryFighting the fascist filth they risked their livesBut now they're old and weak they're just left to dieIT AIN'T RIGHT - NO...

  • Simon Weston
    Simon Weston is on fireCan you hear his screams get higher?Did he really want to burnSo Thatcher's war machine could turn?Simon WestonSimon WestonSimon WestonAAAAAAARRGGH!In Malvinas out of luckSimon says "my face is...

  • What Have We Done
    I'm lost for words when I think of the depths to which we sinkSometimes there just seem to be no depths to which our species will not sink. Surely, in this day and age, we should be seeking to establish meaningful and...

  • GLF
    Slavishly conformTo the system's normsAnd if you know what's bestDon't stand out from the restSheeplike mentalityOppressing you and meBraindead foolsTaunted you at schoolBut gingerheads are good in bedAnd carrot tops...

  • Punx Or Mice
    You come to the gigAnd you think you're really bigbut to me you just look smallAs you cover the back of the ballLacking even the guts to get up the front and danceIt's enough to make me cryAre you punx or...

  • Clachan Chalanais
    As a black night fast approaches dawnWe gather in mist by the gnomonAs the stones are struck by the suns first raysWe feel the Earthpower in our veinsThe awesome power that fills the stoneWe feel it in our minds and...

  • Omnicide
    You resurrect the corpse of warYou take the food from the poorYou kill this planet, mine by birthYour death machines stalk the earthYou create famine for starving millionsYour air attacks upon civiliansYour state...

  • World Park Antartica
    asked them why the wilderness had to dieTheir replay to me showed the reason was *** greed.Mass action could stop them - But you've got to start itWorld Park status for the Antarctica.They ***and plunder whatever...

  • Victim Of Chemical Spillage
    Safety rules - corners cutJust to keep the profits upMoney saved - profits riseBut consequence is someone diesVictim of a chemical spillageSafety regulations breachedCritical concentrations reachedMoney is saved but a...

  • Mindrot
    Glued to the screen you sit and vegetateA model citizen in a police statePumped so full of rubbish that you don't seeYou'r getting a cathode ray lobotomyBread and circuses, Government liesTurn off the TV before your...

  • Your Beer Is Shit And Your Money Stinks
    Capitalist wanker - neat ideaIncrease profits, sell more beerCompany announce music sponsorshipJust a cheap ad for their ***in' shitTennents Live - parasitesTennents Live - *** youYou can't buy our energy, you can't...

  • Religious Con
    "Every person must submit to the authorities for the existing authorities are instituted by God, consequently anyone who rebels is resisting a divine institution and those who so resist have themselves to thank for...



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