The Gnu Song (2003 Remastered Version) - Flanders & Swann

Written by：Michael Fla

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 there

He answered oh it's a h elk

I might have gone on thinking that was true

If the animal in question hadn't put that chap to shame

And remarked I h ain't a h elk I'm a g nu

I'm a g nu

I'm a g nu

The g nicest work of g nature in the zoo

I'm a g nu

How do you do

You really ought to k now w ho s w ho

I'm a g nu spelt g n u

I'm g not a camel or a kangaroo

So let me introduce

I'm g neither man or moose

Oh g know g know g know

I'm a g nu

I had taken furnished lodgings down at rustington on sea

Whence I travelled on to Aston under lime it was actually

And 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 no it's not a bison an ocapi it's unlikely really

Could it be a hartebeest

When I seemed to hear a voice I'm a g nu

I'm a g nu

A g nother g nu

I wish I could g Nash my teeth at you

I'm a g nu

How do you do

You really ought to k now w ho's w ho

I'm a g nu spelt g n u

Call me 'bison' or 'ocapi' and I'll sue

G nor am I in the least

Like that dreadful hartebeest

Oh g no g no g no

G know g know g know I'm a g nu

G know g know g know I'm a g nu