The style and character of each of these pieces has been inspired by a Spike Milligan poem and in a concert setting the appropriate poem could be read aloud to precede and enhance the musical sound picture.

... On the Ning Nang Nong • Bump! • I Must Go Down to the Sea Again • Granny • Jumbo-Jet • So Fair is She • Down the Stream the Swans all Glide • In the Land of the Bumbley Boo