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On the Ning Nang Nong" is a poem by the comedian Spike Milligan featured in his 1959 book Silly Verse for Kids. [1] 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 .
Most are accompanied by one or more of Milligan's drawings, a few of which do not relate to the poems. The collection includes " On the Ning Nang Nong ". Later editions combine the original content of Silly Verse for Kids with two of Milligan's later collections: A Dustbin of Milligan and The Little Pot Boiler , which had been published in 1961 ...
His poetry has been described by comedian Stephen Fry as "absolutely immortal—greatly in the tradition of Lear." [32] One of his poems, "On the Ning Nang Nong", was voted the UK's favourite comic poem in 1998 in a nationwide poll, ahead of other nonsense poets including Lewis Carroll and Edward Lear. [33]
The Werkling appeared in the poem titled "Werkling", in Startling Verse for all the Family [16] The song "On The Ning Nang Nong" shared its lyrics with one of Spike Milligan's most famous poems with the same name. It was in Silly Verse for Kids. [15]
On the Ning Nang Nong; S. Silly Verse for Kids; W. War Music (poem) We Real Cool; The Wind at Your Door This page was ...
Louis MacNeice, Eighty-Five Poems [2] James Michie, Possible Laughter, a first book of poems [2] Spike Milligan, Silly Verse for Kids (including "On the Ning Nang Nong") I. A. Richards, Goodbye Earth, a first book of poems by a longtime critic [2] Anne Ridler, A Matter of Life and Death [2] Rex Taylor, Poems, a first book of poems [2]
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