On Thursday, March 14, 2019 at 7:49:58 AM UTC-4, thecallof...@gmail.com wrote:
> On Thursday, March 28, 1996 at 3:00:00 AM UTC-5, Pat Bryant wrote:
> > I hope the people on this newsgroup can help track this down!
> >
> > A friend of mine remembers a poem from her childhood (in the
> > 1950s), in one of her Childcraft books, about a character named
> > Jonathan Bing. What she can recall of the poem goes something
> > like this:
> >
> > Oh, Jonathan Bing, Bingathan John
> > Forgot where he was going, and thought he had gone.
> >
> > She also remembers Jonathan Bing going to have tea with the
> > king and forgetting to put on his clothes and other silly
> > things.
> >
> > If anyone can give her more information about the poem, its
> > author, or the book in which the poem appeared, she would be
> > very grateful. Please respond to my e-mail address, and I'll
> > be glad to summarize to the list if others are interested in
> > the answer(s).
> >
> > Thanks very much,
> > Pat Bryant pbr...@kumc.edu
> I know this one by heart, but if you want the full version, I is from the old child craft books (#2) from 19. it's written by Beatrice Curtis Brown.
>
> Oh Johnathan Bing, Oh Bingathan John
> Forgets where he's going and thinks he has gone
> He wears his faulse teeth on the top of his head
> and he always stands up when he's sleeping in bed
>
> Oh Johnathan Bing has a curious way
> of trying to walk into yesterday
> If I end with my breakfast and start with my tea
> I aut to be able to do it says he
>
> Oh johnathan Bing is a miser they say
> Who likes to save trouble and put it away
> If I never get up in the morning he says
> I shall save all the trouble of going to bed
>
> Oh Johnathan Bing what a way to behave
> and what do you do with the trouble you save?
> Why I wrap it up neatly and send it by post
> To my friends and relations who need it the most

This was written by my aunt. Just seeing this very old conversation now as I have been doing family history research.