So I asked him "what's that creature there?"
He answered, "Ooh, 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 said "I hain't a h'elk"
I'm a Gnu  

I'm a Gnu
I'm a Gnu
How do you do?
You really ought to k-now w-who's who
I'm a Gnu
Spelled 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-no, G-no, G-no
I'm a Gnu  

I had taken furnished lodgings down at Rustington-on-Sea
Whence I travelled on to Ashton-under-Lyme
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 head
Stuffed and mounted was a face I thought I knew;
A bison, no it's not a bison
An okapi, I don't think it's an okapi
Could it be a hartebeest?
When I seemed 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 ought to k-now w-who's who  

I'm a Gnu
Spelled G-N-U
Call me bison or okapi and I'll sue
G-nor am I in the least like that dreadful hartebeest
Oh G-No G-No G-No
I'm a Gnu!

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