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Can you tell me the name of Spike Milligan's poem book please -- the one you wrote the poem from on Thursday night . It sounds like a fun book to buy. Many thanks.
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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.Hi Jinglepot,, I don't know the name of the book, he has wrtten so much stuff, some very funny some very sad, but I get his poems from here, take a look and enjoy, might be more info somewhere on the site or amazon, I will look about for sources of his stuff, take care, glad you enjoyed it, Ray
http://www.poemhunter.com/spike-milligan/poems /
http://www.poemhunter.com/spike-milligan/poems /
I saw a little elephant standing in my garden,
I said 'You don't belong in here', he said 'I beg you pardon?',
I said 'This place is England, what are you doing here?',
He said 'Ah, then I must be lost' and then 'Oh dear, oh dear'.
'I should be back in Africa, on Saranghetti's Plain',
'Pray, where is the nearest station where I can catch a train?'.
He caught the bus to Finchley and then to Mincing lane,
And over the Embankment, where he got lost, again.
The police they put him in a cell, but it was far too small,
So they tied him to a lampost and he slept against the wall.
But as the policemen lay sleeping by the twinkling light of dawn,
The lampost and the wall were there, but the elephant was gone!
So if you see an elephant, in a Jumbo Jet,
You can be sure that Africa's the place he's trying to get!
I said 'You don't belong in here', he said 'I beg you pardon?',
I said 'This place is England, what are you doing here?',
He said 'Ah, then I must be lost' and then 'Oh dear, oh dear'.
'I should be back in Africa, on Saranghetti's Plain',
'Pray, where is the nearest station where I can catch a train?'.
He caught the bus to Finchley and then to Mincing lane,
And over the Embankment, where he got lost, again.
The police they put him in a cell, but it was far too small,
So they tied him to a lampost and he slept against the wall.
But as the policemen lay sleeping by the twinkling light of dawn,
The lampost and the wall were there, but the elephant was gone!
So if you see an elephant, in a Jumbo Jet,
You can be sure that Africa's the place he's trying to get!
Ray,that's just brilliant!! I've just now joined that site and look forward to reading and enjoying more of his poems. Thank you, I'm tickled pink!!
Munkeeluvva, I'll be checking out Amazon asap for the book. Thanks for the tip.
Love that elephant poem- he was an exceptional person.
Much appreciated.
Munkeeluvva, I'll be checking out Amazon asap for the book. Thanks for the tip.
Love that elephant poem- he was an exceptional person.
Much appreciated.