Gnu Song

A year ago last Thursday I was strolling in the zoo

When I met a man who thought he knew the lot

He was laying down the law about the habits of baboons

And the number of quills a porcupine has got

So I asked him "What's that creature there ”

He answered "Oh it's a h-elk"

I might have gone on thinking that was true

If the animal in question hadn't put that chap to shame

And remarked "I h-ain't a h-elk I'm a g-nu"

“I'm a g-nu

I'm a g-nu

The g-nicest work of g-nature in the zoo

I'm a g-nu

How do you do

You really ought to k-now w-ho's w-ho "

"I'm a g-nu spelt G-N-U

I'm g-not a camel or a kangaroo

So let me introduce

I'm g-neither man or moose

Oh g-know g-know g-know

I'm a g-nu "

I had taken furnished lodgings down at Rustington-On-Sea

Whence I travelled on to Ashton-Under-Lime it wasactually

And the second night I stayed there I was wakened froma dream

Which I'll tell you all about some other time

Among the hunting trophies on the wall above my bed

Stuffed and mounted was a face I thought I knew

A bison No it's not a bison An ocapi It's unlikely really

Could it be a hartebeest

When I seemed to hear a voice: “I'm a g-nu"

"I'm a g-nu

A g-nother g-nu

I wish I could g-nash my teeth at you

I'm a g-nu

How do you do

You really ought to k-now w-ho's w-ho ”

"I'm a g-nu spelt G-N-U

Call me 'bison' or 'ocapi' and I'll sue

G-nor am I in the least

Like that dreadful hartebeest

Oh g-no g-no g-no

G-know g-know g-know I'm a g-nu

G-know g-know g-know I'm a g-nu

That's very g-nice of you