Flanders And Swann did a whole series of amimal songs. My Favorite is "I'm a GNU!" 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 habbits of baboons And the number of quills a porcupine has got So I asked him "What's that creature's name?" and he answered "That's a helk!" And I'd have gone on thinking that was true If the animal in question hadn't put that chap to shame, And remarked-"I ain't a helk-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 really oughtta g-know w-who's w-who I'm a gnu-spelt G - N - U I'm not a camel or a kangaroo So let me introduce, I'm neither man nor 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 to Aston-under-Lyne On the second night I stayed there I was wakened from a 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? An okapi? Could it be a hartebeast? Then I seem to hear 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 really oughtta g-know w-who's w-who I'm a gnu-spelt G - N - U Call me bison or okapi and I'll sue Nor am I in the least like that dreadful hartebeast Oh, g-no, g-no, g-no, I'm a gnu! G-no, g-no, g-no, I'm a gnu! G-no, g-no, g-no, I'm a gnu!"
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