On the Ning Nang Nong - Revision history

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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]]''.<ref>{{cite book \|last=Milligan \|first=Spike \|date=1959 \|title=Silly verse for kids \|location=London \|publisher=D. Dobson}}</ref> 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]].<ref>{{cite news\|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/190291.stm\|title=Top poetry is complete nonsense\|accessdate=12 June 2008\|date=10 October 1998\|publisher=BBC News}}</ref>		'''"On the Ning Nang Nong"''' is a poem by the comedian [[Spike Milligan]] featured in his 1959 book ''[[Silly Verse for Kids]]''.<ref>{{cite book \|last=Milligan \|first=Spike \|date=1959 \|title=Silly verse for kids \|location=London \|publisher=D. Dobson}}</ref> 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]].<ref>{{cite news\|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/190291.stm\|title=Top poetry is complete nonsense\|accessdate=12 June 2008\|date=10 October 1998\|publisher=BBC News}}</ref>

	This [[nonsense verse]], set to music,<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yD-yG2XnxpU \|archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211214/yD-yG2XnxpU \|archive-date=2021-12-14 \|url-status=live\|title=On the Ning Nang Nong (Good Quality)\|via=www.youtube.com}}{{cbignore}}</ref> became popular in Australia where it was performed weekly on the [[Australian Broadcasting Corporation\|ABC]] children's programme [[Play School (Australian TV series)\|Play School]]; however, it is now only shown on occasion. In December 2007 it was reported that, according to [[OFSTED]], it is among the ten most commonly taught poems in primary schools in the UK.<ref>{{cite news\|title=Laureate attacks poetry teaching\|publisher=BBC\|date=7 December 2007\|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/education/7131133.stm\|accessdate=7 December 2007}}</ref>		This [[nonsense verse]], set to music,<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yD-yG2XnxpU \|archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211214/yD-yG2XnxpU \|archive-date=2021-12-14 \|url-status=live\|title=On the Ning Nang Nong (Good Quality)\|via=www.youtube.com}}{{cbignore}}</ref> became popular in Australia where it was performed weekly on the [[Australian Broadcasting Corporation\|ABC]] children's programme [[Play School (Australian TV series)\|Play School]]; however, it is now only shown on occasion. In December 2007 it was reported that, according to [[OFSTED]], it is among the ten most commonly taught poems in primary schools in the UK.<ref>{{cite news\|title=Laureate attacks poetry teaching\|publisher=BBC\|date=7 December 2007\|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/education/7131133.stm\|accessdate=7 December 2007}}</ref>

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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]]''.<ref>{{cite book \|last=Milligan \|first=Spike \|date=1959 \|title=Silly verse for kids \|location=London \|publisher=D. Dobson}}</ref> 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]].<ref>{{cite news\|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/190291.stm\|title=Top poetry is complete nonsense\|accessdate=12 June 2008\|date=10 October 1998\|publisher=BBC News}}</ref>		'''"On the Ning Nang Nong"''' is a poem by the comedian [[Spike Milligan]] featured in his 1959 book ''[[Silly Verse For Kids]]''.<ref>{{cite book \|last=Milligan \|first=Spike \|date=1959 \|title=Silly verse for kids \|location=London \|publisher=D. Dobson}}</ref> 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]].<ref>{{cite news\|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/190291.stm\|title=Top poetry is complete nonsense\|accessdate=12 June 2008\|date=10 October 1998\|publisher=BBC News}}</ref>

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	~~{{Portal \|Children's literature}}~~

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	[[Category:British poems]]		[[Category:British poems]]
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{{Short description|Poem by Spike Milligan published in 1959}}
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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]]''.<ref>{{cite book |last=Milligan |first=Spike |date=1959 |title=Silly verse for kids |location=London |publisher=D. Dobson}}</ref> 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]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/190291.stm|title=Top poetry is complete nonsense|accessdate=12 June 2008|date=10 October 1998|publisher=BBC News}}</ref>

This [[nonsense verse]], set to music,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yD-yG2XnxpU |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211214/yD-yG2XnxpU |archive-date=2021-12-14 |url-status=live|title=On the Ning Nang Nong (Good Quality)|via=www.youtube.com}}{{cbignore}}</ref> became popular in Australia where it was performed weekly on the [[Australian Broadcasting Corporation|ABC]] children's programme [[Play School (Australian TV series)|Play School]]; however, it is now only shown on occasion. In December 2007 it was reported that, according to [[OFSTED]], it is among the ten most commonly taught poems in primary schools in the UK.<ref>{{cite news|title=Laureate attacks poetry teaching|publisher=BBC|date=7 December 2007|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/education/7131133.stm|accessdate=7 December 2007}}</ref>

It features on the albums ''[[No One's Gonna Change Our World]]'', ''There's A Bear In There'' and ''Play School Favourites'', and on the 'B' side of Milligan's own "[[Badjelly the Witch]]".

==Poem==

The 18-line poem opens with:
:On the Ning Nang Nong
:Where the cows go bong!

Several subsequent lines also use the phrase "Nong Nang Ning" or "Nong Ning Nang" (but never "Ning Nong Nang", "Nang Ning Nong" or "Nang Nong Ning"). The poem ends with the climax "Ning Nang Ning Nang Nong!"

Various animals, plants and created objects "say" or, more often, "go" various sounds (capitalization in the original): cows go "Bong!", monkeys say "Boo!", trees go "Ping!", tea pots "Jibber-Jabber Joo", mice go "Clang!". Some do this more than once in the poem.

The poem's [[rhyme scheme]] is AABCCBDDBAACCDDAA.

A musical version appears in the 1975 British sex farce ''[[Confessions of a Pop Performer]]''.

==References==
{{reflist}}
{{Portal |Children's literature}}

[[Category:Humorous poems]]
[[Category:British poems]]
[[Category:Works by Spike Milligan]]

{{child-lit-stub}}