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History of Zoological Gardens
Alfred Vance, a Victorian Music Hall artist, and ex-solicitor's clerk, was the person who coined the term "Zoo" (1), which offended the Fellows of the "Zoological Society's Gardens" by which they preferred the "Zoo" to be known. Vance performed a song in 1870 called "Walking in the Zoo":
"The Stilton, sir, the cheese, the O.K. thing to do,
On Sunday afternoon, is to toddle in the Zoo. Weekdays may do for Cads, but not for me and you, So, dress'd right down the road, we show them who is who. The walking in the Zoo, walking in the Zoo,
References 1. Pulling, Christopher. They Were Singing And What They Sang About, George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd., 1952. p14. |    |
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