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A year ago, last Thursday I was strolling in the zoo |
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when I met a man who though he knew the lot. |
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He was laying down the law about the habits of Baboons |
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And how many quills a porcupine has got. |
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So I asked him: 'What's that creature there?' |
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He answered: 'Oh, H'it's a H'elk' |
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I might of gone on thinking that was true, |
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If the animal in question hadn't put that chap to shame |
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And remarked: 'I h'aint a H'elk. I'm a Gnu!' |
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'I'm a Gnu, I'm a Gnu |
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The g-nicest work of g-nature in the zoo |
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I'm a Gnu, How do you do |
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You really ought to k-now w-ho's w-ho's |
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I'm a Gnu, Spelt G-N-U |
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I'm g-not a Camel or a Kangaroo |
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So let me introduce, |
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I'm g-neither man nor moose |
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Oh g-no g-no g-no I'm a Gnu' |
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I had taken furnished lodgings down at Rustington-on-Sea |
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Whence I travelled on to Ashton-under-Lyne it was actually |
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And the second night I stayed there I was woken from a dream |
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That I'll tell you all about some other time |
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Among the hunting trophies on the wall above my bed |
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Stuffed and mounted, was a face I thought I knew; |
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A Bison? No, it's not a Bison. An Okapi? Unlikely, Really. A Hartebeest? |
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When I though I heard a voice: 'I'm a Gnu!' |
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I'm a Gnu, ,A g-nother gnu |
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I wish I could g-nash my teeth at you! |
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I'm a Gnu, How do you do |
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You really ought to k-now w-ho's w-ho. |
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I'm a Gnu Spelt G-N-U, |
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Call me Bison or Okapi and I'll sue |
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G-nor am I the least |
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Like that dreadful Hartebeest, |
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Oh, g-no, g-no, g-no, |
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G-no g-no g-no I'm a Gnu |
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G-no g-no g-no I'm a Gnu |
