¹

this lad is only ten
he drinks and is violent

police had to deal him sixty times now
he is banned

no more booze abuse and damage²

oi! ASBO boy

bad youth on the estate
wi the shroud o murder oor thur heeds

ASBO boy

oi oi oi ASBO boy     as boy
oi oi oi ASBO boy     as boy

he’s been a bad one since he was three
a menace to the neighbourhood

identified in public interest
public interest    outweighs
issue of age     and welfare
he was so young
older people got him
to fire their bullets
things have got very serious
you    stick to these conditions
like glue³

Young Baltic Fleet
goes up for a fight now and then

it can be fun
it can be dangerous⁴

knife me with maxims
youth just    bad youth
panel cut him⁵
takes a drug alcohol culture

policetastic⁶

bad youth on the estate
wi the spectre o murder oor their heeds
an thur mothers nad faithers
ayeways on the click
it’s nay wunner thur aw banged up

ASBO boy as boy
will the real vandals
please stand up

oi oi oi ASBO boy     as boy
oi oi oi ASBO boy     as boy

he’s just a poor boy
from a poor family

nobody loves him⁷

in love and hate and war and peace
their screams forebode
    rain and death⁸

¹The Sun, March 13^th 2007

²as above

³as above

⁴Sunday Herald sometime in 2007

⁵Scottish Liberal Democrats election leaflet

⁶as above

⁷Queen, Bohemian Rhapsody