There's a Nong Nang Ning Where the trees go Ping! And the tea pots jibber jabber joo. 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 What a noisy place to belong is the Ning Nang Ning Nang Nong!! Ning Nang Nong - Spike Milligan. 4 years ago19 views. Add to Playlist. 2015 Holiday Gift http://goo.gl/84Gd2S.
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Students could consider the Mother Goose nursery rhyme 'Hey Diddle Diddle'. How important is the sound of the poem compared to the accompanying words? This could extend to a deeper exploration of how nonsense poems are effective, in terms of their rhythm and how using the right number of syllables on each line helps the poet to get a message across even when the poem makes no sense. Challenge students to write their own nonsense poems, taking Mother Goose as the basis and changing the words. Students could write a sensible poem also based on the structure of Mother Goose and apply the same structural rules.
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