![]() ![]() I’m expecting variety, but actually both start with “Nong”. This is why I struggle to remember whether it is the one that rhymes with “Trees go ping” or the one that rhymes with “Mice go clang” that starts “Nong”. Terence Alan 'Spike' Milligan KBE (16 April 1918 27 February 2002) was an Irish actor, comedian, writer, musician, poet, and playwright. I think my problem is that although all possible endings are used, the same is not true of the starting positions. The poem uses three of these (1, 5 and 6 in the list above). There are six permutations of the words “Ning”, “Nang” and “Nong”. There’s a not-quite Latin square embedded in the poem. I realised my difficulty is a mathematician pattern-spotting one. What I struggle with is remembering which order the “Ning”, “Nang” and “Nong” go before the one that rhymes with what comes next.Īt the weekend, I wrote “Ning”, “Nang” and “Nong” on pieces of paper and we rearranged them as we read the poem. I can remember all the bits and the basic order (Cows-Trees-Mice), and know what happens after the lines ending “Nong” (“Cows go bong”), “Ning” (“Trees go ping”) and “Nang” (“Mice go clang”). I’ve tried to memorise it before, to save having to find the book when he wants me to recite it. ![]() On the Nong Ning Nang All the mice go Clang And you just can't catch 'em when they do So its Ning Nang Nong Cows go Bong Nong Nang Ning Trees go ping Nong Ning Nang The mice go Clang. Spike died at the age of 83 and his tombstone inscription – ‘I told you I was ill’ – ensures that he will forever be remembered first and foremost as a comic genius.This weekend, he asked me to help him learn it. On the Ning Nang Nong Where the Cows go Bong and the monkeys all say BOO There's a Nong Nang Ning Where the trees go Ping And the tea pots jibber jabber joo. Famously popularized by the popular adult. His poem ‘On the Ning Nang Nong’ was voted Britain’s funniest poem. A magicall place invented by Spike Milligan, somewhere past the Black Stump, but not quite as far as Timbuktu. In 1998 it was voted the UK’s favourite comic poem in a nationwide poll, ahead of other nonsense poems by poets such as Lewis Carroll and Edward Lear. The poem was featured in the book named Silly Verse For Kids which was published in 1959. A BBC poll voted him as the ‘funniest person of the last 1000 years’. On the Ning Nang Nong is a poem by the poet Spike Milligan. Spike was awarded an honorary knighthood and CBE for his services to entertainment, and also the British Comedy Awards’ Lifetime Achievement Award. It was performed on BBC radio in England, and later on Radio New Zealand’s Sunday morning children’s programme. His novels include Puckoon, and he produced seven volumes of war memoirs.īadjelly the Witch, which Spike wrote for his daughter Jane, was first published in 1973. He has written several story books and poetry for children. He is perhaps best known for creating, writing and performing the popular 1950s BBC Radio show The Goon Show. During his time in the army he joined the Bill Hall Trio and performed for the troops. When the Second World War (as Spike called it, the Adolf Hitler Show) began, he enlisted and served in the 56th Heavy Regiment as a signaller. ![]() The family lived in India and Rangoon (Yangon) before returning to Britain when Spike was twelve. Spike (Terence Alan) was born to British parents in India, where his father, an army captain, was stationed in Poona (Pune). Theres a Nong Nang Ning Where the trees go Ping And the tea pots jibber jabber joo. His wild imagination and madcap humour had a timeless appeal that continues to delight audiences of all ages to this day. Spike Milligan (1918–2002) was a famous British comedian, poet, writer and musician. ![]()
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