The Gnu-Flanders & Swann

[ti:The Gnu] [ar:Flanders & Swann] [al:Playground Favourites Vol 2] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]The Gnu - Flanders & Swann [00:08.42]A year ago last Thursday [00:09.92] [00:10.79]I was strolling in the zoo [00:11.87] [00:12.91]When I met a man [00:13.88]Who though he knew the lot [00:14.92] [00:15.96]He was laying down the law [00:17.68]About the habits of Baboons [00:19.09] [00:19.81]And how many quills a porcupine has got [00:21.57] [00:23.04]So I asked him [00:23.91]'What's that creature there ' [00:24.69] [00:25.43]He answered: 'Oh H'it's a H'elk' [00:27.06] [00:28.17]I might of gone on thinking that was true [00:30.08] [00:31.68]If the animal in question hadn't [00:33.05]Put that chap to shame [00:34.72] [00:35.84]And remarked: 'I h'aint a H'elk I'm a Gnu ' [00:40.37] [00:43.34]'I'm a Gnu I'm a Gnu [00:46.54] [00:47.92]The g-nicest work of g-nature in the zoo [00:50.61] [00:51.72]I'm a Gnu How do you do [00:54.09] [00:55.67]You really ought to k-now w-ho's w-ho's [00:57.89] [00:59.22]I'm a Gnu Spelt G-N-U [01:01.30] [01:02.72]I'm g-not a Camel or a Kangaroo [01:04.75] [01:06.35]So let me introduce [01:07.65] [01:08.38]I'm g-neither man nor moose [01:10.34]Oh g-no g-no g-no I'm a Gnu' [01:12.98] [01:20.59]I had taken furnished lodgings down [01:22.41]At Rustington-on-Sea [01:23.18] [01:24.56]Whence I travelled [01:25.31]On to Ashton-under-Lyne it was actually [01:27.40] [01:28.25]And the second night I stayed [01:29.64]There I was woken from a dream [01:31.56]That I'll tell you all about some other time [01:33.56] [01:34.99]Among the hunting trophies [01:36.35] [01:36.89]On the wall above my bed [01:38.71]Stuffed and mounted [01:39.46] [01:40.14]Was a face I thought I knew; [01:41.50] [01:43.09]A Bison No it's not a Bison An Okapi [01:46.69] [01:48.02]Unlikely Really A Hartebeest [01:50.57] [01:53.25]When I though I heard a voice: 'I'm a Gnu ' [01:57.59] [02:00.87]I'm a Gnu A g-nother gnu [02:03.34] [02:05.28]I wish I could g-nash my teeth at you [02:07.82] [02:08.86]I'm a Gnu How do you do [02:11.22] [02:12.27]You really ought to k-now w-ho's w-ho [02:15.14] [02:16.05]I'm a Gnu Spelt G-N-U [02:17.56] [02:19.20]Call me Bison or Okapi and I'll sue [02:21.94] [02:22.94]G-nor am I the least [02:24.21] [02:24.73]Like that dreadful Hartebeest [02:26.03] [02:26.89]Oh g-no g-no g-no [02:28.26] [02:30.95]G-no g-no g-no I'm a Gnu [02:32.81] [02:34.32]G-no g-no g-no I'm a Gnu