If I Could Talk To The Animals
From "Dr. Dolittle"
Composer(s): Leslie Bricusse



If we could talk to the animals, just imagine it 
Chatting to a chimp in chimpanzee 
Imagine talking to a tiger, chatting to a cheetah 
What a neat achievement that would be 

If we could talk to the animals, learn their languages 
Maybe take an animal degree
We'd study elephant and eagle, buffalo and beagle
Alligator, guinea pig, and flea

We would converse in polar bear and python
And we could curse in fluent kangaroo
If people asked us, can you speak in rhinoceros
We'd say, "Of courserous, can't you?" 

If we could talk to the animals, learn their languages 
Think of all the things we could discuss 
If we 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 us