The Greeks
Cool kids at Hunter's Bar Junior School. Sheffield.
Written by class J6, year 4.
The Greeks (after Benjamin Zephaniah)
They lived in Athens and Sparta
The Greeks
They lived in Athens and Sparta
The Greeks
They spread their community
Through the Med to Italy
They left their mark on history
The Greeks.
They haven’t been around for centuries
The Greeks
They haven’t been around for centuries
The Greeks
They moved on land, they moved on sea
As far as the eyes could see
They left artefacts for you and me
The Greeks.
They worked with silver, bronze and gold
The Greeks
They worked with silver, bronze and gold
The Greeks
The goods they made were bought and sold
Then thrown away when they got old
And they made lucky charms to hold
The Greeks.
Their land was not very agricultural
The Greeks
Their land was not very agricultural
The Greeks
Fire and Earth, Air and Water
They were really el-emental
And they were three-dimensional
The Greeks.
They had a great big empire
The Greeks
They had a great big empire
The Greeks
But just like every empire
For sure it had to expire
Athens all went up in fire
The Greeks.
They never had an emperor
The Greeks
They never had an emperor
The Greeks
They made homes in Macedonia
You may have heard of Alex-ander
But they never had an emperor
The Greeks.
They loved their earthen pottery
The Greeks
They loved their earthen pottery
The Greeks
They used it like a film you see
To tell us all a great story
They really used their memory
The Greeks.
They have languages that still survive
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They have languages that still survive
The Greeks
We’ve felt history come alive
Athenian ideas - they survive
For democracy we all must thrive
The Greeks, The Greeks, The Greeks.
