The Gnu Song-Flanders & Swann

[ti:The Gnu Song] [ar:Flanders & Swann] [al:At The Drop Of A Hat] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]The Gnu Song - Flanders & Swann [00:10.46]A year ago last Thursday I was strolling in the zoo [00:14.91]When I met a man who thought he knew the lot [00:18.28]He was laying down the law about the habits of baboons [00:21.84]And the number of quills a porcupine has got [00:25.00]So I asked him "What's that creature there ” [00:27.53]He answered "Oh it's a h-elk" [00:30.25]I might have gone on thinking that was true [00:33.56]If the animal in question hadn't put that chap to shame [00:37.86]And remarked "I h-ain't a h-elk I'm a g-nu" [00:45.46]“I'm a g-nu [00:46.70] [00:47.95]I'm a g-nu [00:50.06]The g-nicest work of g-nature in the zoo [00:53.88]I'm a g-nu [00:55.67]How do you do [00:57.76]You really ought to k-now w-ho's w-ho " [01:01.48]"I'm a g-nu spelt G-N-U [01:04.82]I'm g-not a camel or a kangaroo [01:08.54]So let me introduce [01:10.65]I'm g-neither man or moose [01:12.92]Oh g-know g-know g-know [01:14.63]I'm a g-nu " [01:16.36] [01:22.83]I had taken furnished lodgings down at Rustington-On-Sea [01:26.77]Whence I travelled on to Ashton-Under-Lime it wasactually [01:30.52]And the second night I stayed there I was wakened froma dream [01:33.90]Which I'll tell you all about some other time [01:37.18]Among the hunting trophies on the wall above my bed [01:41.08]Stuffed and mounted was a face I thought I knew [01:45.41]A bison No it's not a bison An ocapi It's unlikely really [01:51.87]Could it be a hartebeest [01:55.58]When I seemed to hear a voice: “I'm a g-nu" [02:03.23]"I'm a g-nu [02:05.11]A g-nother g-nu [02:07.72]I wish I could g-nash my teeth at you [02:11.28]I'm a g-nu [02:12.91]How do you do [02:14.72]You really ought to k-now w-ho's w-ho ” [02:18.71]"I'm a g-nu spelt G-N-U [02:21.73]Call me 'bison' or 'ocapi' and I'll sue [02:25.46]G-nor am I in the least [02:27.34]Like that dreadful hartebeest [02:29.44]Oh g-no g-no g-no [02:33.34]G-know g-know g-know I'm a g-nu [02:36.68]G-know g-know g-know I'm a g-nu [02:43.82] [03:03.34]That's very g-nice of you