Poetry Friday--Spike Milligan

Sometimes you just need a little nonsense in your life!

Little Pippa
by Spike Milligan

Pip Pip Pippity Pip
Slid on the lino
Slippety Slip
Fell downstairs
Trippety Trip
Tore her knickers
Rippety Rip
Started to cry
Drippety Drip
Poor little Pippa
Pippety Pip.

from A Cup of Starshine: Poems and Pictures for Young Children, selected by Jill Bennett [J 811 CUP].

As you can tell, the poem is thoroughly British. The poet, Spike Milligan, was a staple on British television for many years, and is said to have provided inspiration for Monty Python. His humor was broad and a little raunchy; the following is the only clip I could find that had nothing to offend!



In 1998, Milligan's poem, "On the Ning Nang Nong," was voted as the UK's number one comic poem. You can read it here.

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