On the Ning Nang Nong
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On the Ning Nang Nong is a poem written by the comedian Spike Milligan. The poem was featured in the book named "Silly Verse For Kids" which was written in 1968. In 1998 the poem came first in the BBC's poll of top comic poems
[edit] Poem
The 18-line poem opens with:
- On the Ning Nang Nong
- Where the cows go Bong!
Several subsequent lines also use the phrase "Ning Nang Nong" or "Nong Ning Nang" (but never "Nang Ning Nong" or "Nang Nong Ning", or, for that matter, "Ning Nong Nang"). The poem ends with a crescendo-like "Ning Nang Ning Nang Nong!"
Various animals, plants and created objects "say" or, more often, "go" various sounds (capitalization in the original): monkeys say "Boo", trees go "Ping", tea pots "Jibber Jabber Joo", mice go "Clang", cows go "Bong". Some do this more than once in the poem.
The poem's rhyme scheme is AABCCBDDBAABCCDDAA.
[edit] References
- BBC News. "Top poetry is complete nonsense", The BBC, 1998-10-10. Retrieved on 2007-01-23.
