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The King Is In The Chip Shop

Robbie Kennedy Bennett

Monday, August 27th, 2007

1 Leave a comment on verse 1 0 I had a mate who was a Baggies fan
Who was hungry for his tea,
So he stopped at a shop for fish and chips
As his wife sat waiting patiently.

2 Leave a comment on verse 2 0 He opened the door on the driver’s side,
‘You’d never guess who I saw inside’.
Startled she was by his question then,
All of a sudden he spoke again.

3 Leave a comment on verse 3 0 ‘The King is in the chip shop’,
He said excitedly,
‘The King is in the chip shop’,
‘He was in the queue with me’.

4 Leave a comment on verse 4 0 Well it couldn’t be Elvis Presley
From Memphis Tennessee,
If the King is in the chip shop?
Who then could it be?

5 Leave a comment on verse 5 0 What could’ve happened there inside?
As she sat in the seat on the passenger side.
She had a confusing thought,
His life did change in a moment
Fish and chips were bought.

6 Leave a comment on verse 6 0 She asked him ‘will you please calm down’
As he fumbled for the key to start their car,
‘If the King is in the chip shop’
‘Explain how excited that you are’.

7 Leave a comment on verse 7 0 All was answered in a flash
Everything was plain to see,
And it wasn’t Elvis Presley
From Memphis Tennessee,

8 Leave a comment on verse 8 0 The King was in the chip shop
Ordering his tea,
‘Jeff Astle was in the chip shop’ he said
‘He stood in a queue with me’.

© Robbie Kennedy Bennett 2007

Notes

A true story, but sadly this mate and his King have passed on.

Source: http://footballpoets.org/poems/the-king-is-in-the-chip-shop/