Google Book Search found this in Notes and Queries, ser. 10 v. 2 1904 Jul-Dec, page 507:

CHINESE NOMINY. -- In West Yorkshire, about 1875, the grooms, stable-boys, butchers' lads and others of the kin of Sam Weller, had a "Chinese" nominy of which they made a good deal of mystery, and the learning of which they considered quite an accomplishment. I forget the earlier part, but it ended

Katty had a cow,
Kittywarry, kattywarry, I ching go.

There was a translation which rather gave itself away by using a proper name dissimilar from anything in the original, which translation ran thus :—

Once in China there lived a man,
His name was Ratio Tamo Tyrie Tan
His legs were long, his feet were small,
Chinee feller couldn't walk at all….

Only a "snippet view" is available (at least to me) but I was able to apply my usual tricks to piece together several "snippets" to get the above text. I couldn't go any further.

"Nominy" is a new word to me. Anybody have access to a dictionary definition?