Talk To The Animals

Alright boys, so far so good

Now, what did Dr Doolittle wanna do with the animals

More than anything else, Alvin?

He wanted to learn to talk to them

And who promised to teach him how to talk to the animals, Simon?

Polynesia the parrot



Okay now, Theodore

Do you think you remember the song the doctor sang?

Ah, sure I can, if you help me

Okay Theodore, I'll start it out for you



If I could talk to the animals, just imagine it

Chatting with the chimp in chimpanzee

Imagine talking to a tiger, chatting with a cheetah

What a neat achievement it would be



If we could talk to the animals, learn their languages

Maybe take an animal degree

I'd study elephants and eagle, buffalo and beagle

Alligator, guinea pig and flea



I would converse in polar bear and python

I could converse in fluent kangaroo

If people asked me, "Can you speak rhinoceros?"

I'd say, "Of courserous, can't you?"



If I conferred with our furry friends, man to animal

Think of the amazing repartee

If I could walk with the animals, talk with the animals

Grunt and squeak, and squawk with the animals

And they could talk to me



If I consulted with quadrupeds

Think what fun we'd have asking over crocodiles for tea

Or maybe lunch with two or three lions, walruses and sea lions

What a lovely place the world would be



If I spoke slang to orangutans

The advantages any fool on earth can plainly see

Discussing eastern art and dramas with intellectual llamas

That's a big step forward you'll agree



I'd learn to speak in antelope and turtle

My Pekinese would be extremely good

If I were asked to sing in hippopotamus

I'd say "Whynotamous?" and would



If I could parlay with pachyderms

It's a fairy tale worthy of Hans Anderson or Grimm

A man who walks with the animals, talks with the animals

Grunts and squeaks, and squawks with the animals

And they could talk to him



I'd study every living creature's language

So you could speak to all of them on site

If friends said, "Can he talk in crab or pelican?"

Then I'd say, "Well, I can" and I'd be right



And if you just stop and think a bit

There's no doubt of it we would win a place in history

If I could walk with the animals, talk with the animals

Grunt and squeak, and squawk with the animals

And they could squeak and squawk, and speak and talk to me



Alright fellas, I understand that's enough