Flanders & Swann - The gnu song lyrics

Here's another animal song A year ago, last Thursday I was strolling in the zoo When I met a man who though he knew the lot He was laying down the law about the habits of Baboons And how many quills a porcupine has got So I asked him What's that creature there? He answered "Oh, H'it's a H'elk" I might of 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 wa-who's wa-who 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 nor moose Oh g-no, g-no, g-no I'm a G-nu I had taken furnished lodgings down at Rustington-on-Sea Whence I travelled on to Ashton-under-Lyne it was actually And the second night I stayed there I was wakened from a dream That 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 Okapi? 's'unlikely Could it be a Hartebeest? I seemed to hear a voice I'm a G-nu I'm a Gnu 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 wa-who's wa-who I'm a G-nu spelt G-N-U Call me Bison or Okapi and I'll sue G-nor am I in the least Like that dreadful Hartebeest Oh, g-no, g-no, g-no G-no, g-no, g-no I'm a G-nu G-no, g-no, g-no I'm a G-nu