Flanders and Swann – The Gnu Song Chords

A year ago, last Thursday, I was strolling in the zoo
when I met a man who though 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 of gone on thinking that was true
If the animal in question hadn’t put that chap to shame
And remarked, “I h’aint a h’Elk, I’m a Gnu”
“I’m a Gnu, I’m a Gnu
The gnicest work of gnature in the zoo
I’m a Gnu, how do you do
You really ought to know who’s who’s
I’m a Gnu, spelt GNU
I’m gnot a Camel or a Kangaroo
So let me introduce
I’m gneither man or moose
Oh gno gno gno I’m a Gnu”

Well,
I had taken furnished lodgings down at RustingtononSea
Whence I travelled on to AshtonunderLyne
And the second night I stayed there I was woken from a dream
That 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 Okapi? Unlikely, Could it be a Hartebeest?
When I though I heard a voice…

“I’m a Gnu, I’m a Gnu, a gnother gnu
I wish I could gnash my teeth at you
I’m a Gnu, how do you do
You really ought to know who’s who’s
I’m a Gnu, spelt GNU
Call me Bison or Okapi and I’ll sue
Gnor am I the least like that dreadful Hartebeest,
Oh gno gno gno I’m a Gnu
gno gno gno I’m a Gnu
gno gno gno I’m a Gnu”