Benjamin Zephaniah - Funky Chickens

PUFFIN BOOKS Published by the Penguin Group Penguin Books Ltd, 80 Strand, London WC2R 0RL, England Penguin Putnam Inc., 375 Hudson Street, New York, New York 10014, USA Penguin Books Australia Ltd, 250 Camberwell Road, Camberwell, Victoria 3124, Australia Penguin Books Canada Ltd, 10 Alcorn Avenue, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M4V 3B2 Penguin Books India (P) Ltd, 11 Community Centre, Panchsheel Park, New Delhi 110 017, India Penguin Books (NZ) Ltd, Cnr Rosedale and Airborne Roads, Albany, Auckland, New Zealand Penguin Books (South Africa) (Pty) Ltd, 24 Sturdee Avenue, Rosebank 2196, South Africa Penguin Books Ltd, Registered Offices: 80 Strand, London WC2R 0RL, England www.penguin.com First published by Viking 1996 Published in Puffin Books 1997 Text copyright Benjamin Zephaniah, 1996 Illustrations copyright The Point, 1996 All rights reserved The moral right of the author (and illustrator) has been asserted Filmset in Sabon and Franklin Gothic Except in the United States of America, this book is sold subject to the condition that it shall not, by way of trade or otherwise, be lent, re-sold, hired out, or otherwise circulated without the publishers prior consent in any form of binding or cover other than that in which it is published and without a similar condition including this condition being imposed on the subsequent purchaser British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data A CIP catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library ISBN: 978-0-14-194181-3 To the memory of Danny the Cat______ ___ A great source of inspiration and a brilliant footballer.

God save our gracious green Long live our glorious scene God save our green. Dis ting is serious Do it for all of us Save our asparagus, God save Our Green.

Thank you for the words I read Thank you for the words I need Thank you for the WORDS so great Thanks for words that raise debate, Thanks for the words on my bookshelf Thanx for the words I make myself Thank you for words that make me cry And words that leave me feeling dry.

Thanks for words that make things plain And words that help me to explain Thanks for words that make life fun And words, that help me overcome, Thanks for words that make me rap Thanks for words that make me clap Thanks for WORDS that make me smile Thanks for WORDS with grace and style. Thanks for all those words that sing Thanks for words are everything Thanks for all the WORDS like this And little sloppy words like kiss, Thanks for words like hip-hooray And those cool words I like to say Thanks for words that reach and touch Thank you very, very much.

I have a date with Su Ling Lee Were meeting at the library At 5 oclock by history Ill show her some mythology, And if we have the energy Well check out some theologyAnd if there is good chemistry Well dance by musicology. Well sail through oceanology And get some cool lithologyAnd roundabout psychology Ill sweet talk her topology, With science and technology Well have some sociologyAnd touch each others botany With organic homoeopathy. She knows so much cosmology I do luv her ecologyAnd reading her astrology I note she has anatomy, Ill use my best phraseology To get her to phonologySo we can lexicology Together in the library.