# Lady Jingly Jones — Nonsense Books character guide

> Lady Jingly Jones in Nonsense Books by Edward Lear.

**Role:** major

**Also known as:** Lady Jingly, the Lady Jingly Jones

**First appearance:** 0098-the-courtship-of-the-yonghy-bonghy-b

## Who they are

The lady on the Coast of Coromandel whose refusal sends the Yonghy-Bonghy-Bò fleeing across the sea, leaving her to mourn among her Dorking hens.

## Relationships

### [Mr. Jones](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/nonsense_books_se/characters/mr_jones)

_romantic_

Lady Jingly Jones and Mr. Jones are a married couple who share a loving but slightly eccentric relationship.

### [Mr. Jones](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/nonsense_books_se/characters/mr_jones)

_romantic_

Lady Jingly Jones and Mr. Jones are a married couple who share a loving but slightly eccentric relationship.

### [Mr. Jones](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/nonsense_books_se/characters/mr_jones)

_romantic_

Lady Jingly Jones and Mr. Jones are a married couple who share a loving but slightly eccentric relationship.

## In the story

### [Laughable Lyrics: A Fourth Book of Nonsense Poems, Songs, Botany, Music, etc.](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/nonsense_books_se/chapters/laughable-lyrics-a-fourth-book-of-nonsense-poems-songs-botany-music-etc)

Lady Jingly Jones rejects the Yonghy-Bonghy-Bò's proposal because he has no money, and later mourns his departure on the Coast of Coromandel.

### [Laughable Lyrics](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/nonsense_books_se/chapters/laughable-lyrics)

Lady Jingly Jones rejects the Yonghy-Bonghy-Bò's proposal, explaining that she has a mate in England named Handel Jones.

### [The Courtship of the Yonghy-Bonghy-Bò](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/nonsense_books_se/chapters/the-courtship-of-the-yonghy-bonghy-b)

Declines the proposal, revealing she has a mate in England, and mourns the Yonghy-Bonghy-Bò after he leaves.

### [II](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/nonsense_books_se/chapters/ii)

Sitting on a little heap of stones, talking to some milk-white Hens of Dorking.

### [III](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/nonsense_books_se/chapters/iii)

The object of the Yonghy-Bonghy-Bò's marriage proposal, sitting among pumpkins.

### [V](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/nonsense_books_se/chapters/v)

Sadly rejects Mr. Yonghy-Bonghy-Bò's proposal, revealing she already has a mate in England.

### [VII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/nonsense_books_se/chapters/vii)

Speaks to Mr. Yonghy-Bonghy-Bò, telling him to go away.

### [IX](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/nonsense_books_se/chapters/ix)

Addressed in farewell by the Yonghy-Bonghy-Bò.

### [The Yonghy-Bonghy-Bò](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/nonsense_books_se/chapters/x)

Mourns the Yonghy-Bonghy-Bò on the Coast of Coromandel

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