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 Habbits 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 Oakpi? 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!"