The Gnu Song-Flanders & Swann/Flanders/Swann

[ti:The Gnu Song] [ar:Flanders & Swann] [al:A Drop Of The British] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]The Gnu Song - Flanders & Swann/Flanders/Swann [00:00.54]The gnu song [00:01.20] [00:09.79]A year ago [00:11.18]Last Thursday I was strolling in the zoo [00:13.70] [00:14.34]When I met a man who though he knew the lot [00:16.80] [00:17.92]He was laying down the law about [00:20.24]The habits of Baboons [00:21.52] [00:22.05]And how many quills a porcupine has got [00:24.26] [00:25.76]So I asked him: 'What's that creature there ' [00:28.22] [00:28.81]He answered: 'Oh H'it's a H'elk' [00:30.96] [00:32.51]I might of gone on thinking that was true [00:34.31] [00:35.72]If the animal in question [00:37.11] [00:37.67]Hadn't put that chap to shame [00:39.83] [00:40.89]And remarked: 'I h'aint a H'elk I'm a Gnu ' [00:47.60] [00:50.84]'I'm a Gnu I'm a Gnu [00:53.93] [00:54.99]The g-nicest work of g-nature in the zoo [00:58.06] [00:59.21]I'm a Gnu How do you do [01:02.10] [01:03.24]You really ought to k-now w-ho's w-ho's [01:05.82] [01:06.89]I'm a Gnu Spelt G-N-U [01:09.54] [01:10.59]I'm g-not a Camel or a Kangaroo [01:13.50] [01:14.90]So let me introduce [01:16.72]I'm g-neither man nor moose [01:19.69]Oh g-no g-no g-no I'm a Gnu' [01:22.94] [01:31.42]I had taken furnished lodgings [01:33.60]Down at Rustington-on-Sea [01:35.06] [01:35.87]Whence I travelled on to [01:37.32]Ashton-under-Lyne it was actually [01:38.62] [01:39.66]And the second night I stayed [01:41.31]There I was woken from a dream [01:42.83] [01:43.50]That I'll tell you all about some other time [01:45.99] [01:47.43]Among the hunting trophies [01:49.55]On the wall above my bed [01:51.25] [01:51.83]Stuffed and mounted [01:53.18]Was a face I thought I knew; [01:54.73] [01:56.97]A Bison No [01:57.90] [01:59.77]An Okapi could be A Hartebeest [02:05.71] [02:08.26]When I though I heard a voice: 'I'm a Gnu ' [02:13.25] [02:16.77]I'm a Gnu A g-nother gnu [02:19.86] [02:22.43]I wish I could g-nash my teeth at you [02:25.28] [02:26.50]I'm a Gnu How do you do [02:29.08] [02:30.50]You really ought to k-now w-ho's w-ho [02:33.29] [02:33.96]I'm a Gnu Spelt G-N-U [02:36.59] [02:37.63]Call me Bison or Okapi and I'll sue [02:40.77] [02:41.55]G-nor am I the least [02:43.50]Like that dreadful Hartebeest [02:46.42] [02:47.09]Oh g-no g-no g-no I'm a Gnu [02:50.09] [02:51.57]G-no g-no g-no I'm a Gnu [02:54.05] [02:55.17]G-no g-no g-no I'm a Gnu