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Who wrote Singh Song!?
Daljit Nagra
What era is Singh Song! from?
Modern
I run just one
ov
my daddy's
shops
/
from
9
o'clock
to
9
o'clock
and he
vunt
me not to
hav
a
break
/
but
ven
nobody
in I
do
di
lock
-
cos
up
di
stairs
is my
newly
bride
/
vee
share in
chapatti
/
vee
share in
di
chutney
after vee
hav
made
luv
/
like
vee
rowing
through
Putney
-
Ven
I return
vid
my
pinnie
untied
/
di
shoppers
always
point
and
cry
:
Hey
Singh
,
ver
yoo
bin
? /
Yor
lemons
are
limes
yor
bananas
are
plantain
, /
dis
dirty
little
floor
need
a little bit of
mop
in
di
worst
Indian
shop
/
on
di
whole
Indian
road
-
Above my
head
high
heel
tap
di
ground
/
as my
vife
on
di
web
is
playing
wid
di
mouse
ven
she
netting
two
cat
on her
Sikh
lover
site /
she
book
dem
for di
meat
at di
cheese
ov
her
price
-
my
bride
/
she
effing
at my
mum
/
in all di
colours
of
Punjabi
/
ven
she
stumble
like a
drunk
/
making
fun
at my
daddy
my
bride
/
tiny
eyes
ov a
gun
/
and di
tummy
ov a
teddy
my
bride
/
she hav a
red
crew
cut
/
and she wear a
Tartan
sari
/
a
donkey
jacket
and some
pumps
/
on di
squeak
ov di
girls
dat are
pinching
my
sweeties
-
Ven
I
return
from di
tickle
ov my
bride
/
di
shoppers
always
point
and
cry
:
Hey
Singh
,
ver
yoo
bin?
Di
milk
is
out
ov
date
/
and di
bread
is alvays
stale
,
di
tings
yoo hav on
offer
yoo
hav
never got in
stock
/
in di
worst
Indian
shop /
on di
whole
Indian
road -
Late
in di
midnight
hour
/
ven
yoo
shoppers
are
wrap
up
quiet
ven di
precinct
is
concrete-cool
/
vee
cum
down
whispering
stairs
and
sit
on my
silver
stool
, /
from behind di
chocolate
bars
vee
stare
past di half-price
window
signs /
at di
beaches
ov di
UK
in di
brightey
moon
-
from di
stool
each
night
she say, /
How much do yoo
charge
for dat
moon
baby
?
from di
stool
each
night
I say, /
Is
half
di
cost
ov
yoo
baby
,
from di stool each
night
she say,
How much does
dat
come
to
baby
?
from di
stool
each
night
I say, /
Is
priceless
baby
-
Why are there no full stops in Singh Song!?
Because the couple are at the
beginning
of their
relationship
Why is the poem called Singh Song!?
Because the voice of the poem is
Mr Singh
and it is set out like a
song
What technique is used in the following phrase and what is the effect: 'I do di lock -'?
Alliteration
- it has a
plosive
quality to emphasise the
motion
What is significant about the following phrase: 'newly bride'?
It is
grammatically
incorrect
to
celebrate
the poet's
Indian
heritage
What technique is used in the following lines: 'vee share in chaputti / vee share in di chutney'?
Anaphora
What is the effect of anaphora throughout the poem?
It gives the poem a
song-like
feel
What technique is used in the following line and what is the effect: 'after vee hav made luv / like vee rowing through Putney -'?
Simile
- it is a direct comparison of
movement
to describe the
motion
What technique is used in the following line and what is the effect: 'Yor lemons are limes'?
The
lilting
alliteration
gives the line a more
song-like
quality
What technique is used in the following line and what is the effect: 'dis dirty little floor need a little bit of mop'?
Alliteration
- gives the line a more
song-like
quality
What is the effect of the similar stanzas about the shoppers?
It suggests the stanza is the
chorus
in a
song
, it could also refer to the group of shoppers being a
chorus
of
shoppers
What technique is used in the following line and what is the effect: 'Above my head high heel tap di ground'?
Alliteration
-
mimics
the sound of
high
heels
tapping
, emphasises the
noise
the
wife
makes
What is significant about the wife having her own job?
It shows that she is
independent
and
challenges
stereotypes
What is the significance of the phrase 'my bride' being repeated?
It shows his
love
for her
What is significant about the fact that the voice still refers to his wife as 'my bride'?
Suggests he is
proud
of her and suggests their
relationship
still feels
new
and
exciting
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