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THE GNU 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 spines a porcupine has got. So I asked him: 'What's that creature there' He answered: 'Oh, 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'aint a h'Elk I'm a Gnu' 'I'm a Gnu I'm a Gnu The g-nicest work of g-nature in the zoo I'm a Gnu How do you do You realy ought to k-now w-ho's w-ho's I'm a Gnu 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-no g-no g-no I'm a Gnu'
I had taken furnished lodgings down at Rustington-on-sea Whence I travelled on th Ashton-under-lyme it was actually And the second night I stayed there I was woken 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? Unlikely, Really. A Hartebeeste? When I though I heard a voice: I'm a Gnu I'm a Gnu A g-nother gnu I wish I could g-nash my teeth at you I'm a Gnu How do you do You realy ought to k-now w-ho's w-ho's I'm a Gnu Spelt G-N-U Call me Bison or Okapi and I'll sue G-nor am I the least like that dreadful Hartebeeste Oh, g-no, g-no, g-no, G-no g-no g-no I'm a Gnu G-no g-no g-no I'm a Gnu
It's very G-nice of you.
Flanders & Swann
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