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 have 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 du whole Indian road ...
utdrag ur "Singh song!" av Daljit Nagra, 2007

Daljit Nagra är andra-generationens indisk invandrare i London, mixar engelska med punjabi, och inspiration från Blake och Paul Weller! Intervju i Guardian: The bard of Dollis Hill (18 jan 2007).

Debutboken Look we have coming to Dover! publiceras om några dagar (den 1 feb), och finns just nu till pre-order-halva-priset hos amazon.co.uk.


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