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Thread #106918 Message #2213708
Posted By: maeve
12-Dec-07 - 06:56 AM
Thread Name: BS: gnu's vacation; Gimmie a break eh!
Subject: RE: BS: gnu's vacation; Gimmie a break eh!
http://www.lyricsandsongs.com/song/589010.html THE GNU SONG by Flanders & Swan Found it here
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'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 hearty beast? 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 hearty beast 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!"