Listen Mr. Oxford Don by John Agard
Listen Mr. Oxford Don by John Agard

Listen Mr. Oxford Don

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Listen Mr. Oxford Don by John Agard

Release Date
Sun Jan 01 1967
Performed by
John-agard
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Is English an enabling tool by which peoples of different races and nationalities can express their identities, or is it contaminated by a colonial history and racist mentality that it insidiously perpetuates?

John Agard, born in British Guyana, essentially provokes the same question as the Norton...

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Listen Mr. Oxford Don Annotated

Me not no Oxford don
me a simple immigrant
from Clapham Common
I didn't graduate
I immigrate

But listen Mr Oxford don
I'm a man on de run
and a man on de run
is a dangerous one

I ent have no gun
I ent have no knife
but mugging de Queen's English
is the story of my life

I don't need no axe
to split/ up yu syntax
I don't need no hammer
to mash/ up yu grammar

I warning you Mr. Oxford don
I'm a wanted man
and a wanted man
is a dangerous one

Dem accuse me of assault
on de Oxford dictionary/
imagine a concise peaceful man like me/
dem want me to serve time
for inciting rhyme to riot
but I tekking it quiet
down here in Clapham Common

I'm not violent man Mr. Oxford don
I only armed wit mih human breath
but human breath
is a dangerous weapon

So mek dem send one big word after me
I ent serving no jail sentence
I slashing suffix in self-defence
I bashing future wit present tense
and if necessary

I making de Queen's English accessory/ to my offence

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John-agard released Listen Mr. Oxford Don on Sun Jan 01 1967.

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