From "Cliff Richard At The Movies" - Unreleased September 21 1968 TV performance <br />This song is taken from the 1967 film Doctor Dolittle.<br /> <br />LYRICS<br /><br />If I could talk to the animals, just imagine it<br />Chattin' to a chimp in chimpanzee<br />Imagine talking to a tiger, chatting with a cheetah<br />What a neat achievement it would be!<br />If we could talk to the animals, learn their languages<br />Maybe take an animal degree<br />I'd study elephant and eagle, buffalo and beagle<br />Alligator, guinea pig, and flea!<br />I would converse in polar bear and python<br />And I would curse in fluent kangaroo<br />If people ask me "can you speak rhinocerous?"<br />I'd say "of courserous! Can't you?"<br />I would conferred with our furry friends, man to animal<br />Think of the amazing repartee<br />If I could walk with the animals, talk with the animals<br />Grunt and squeak and squawk with the animals<br />And they could talk to me!<br />If I consulted with quadrupeds<br />Think what fun we'd have asking over crocodiles for tea!<br />Or maybe lunch with two or three lions, walruses or sea lions<br />What a lovely place the world would be!<br />If I spoke slang to orangutans<br />The advantages any fool on earth could plainly see!<br />Discussing Eastern art and dramas<br />With intellectual llamas<br />That's a big step forward you'll agree!<br />I'd learn to speak in antelope and turtle<br />And my Pekinese would be extremely good<br />If I were asked to sing in hippopotamus<br />I'd say "whynotamous" and I would!<br /> Stop and think of it<br />There's no doubt of it<br />I'm gonna win a place in history<br />If I could walk with the animals<br />Talk with the animals<br />Grunt and squeak and squawk with the animals<br />And they could qurack and squeak and squawk and speak and talk to me!<br /><br />Songwriter: Leslie Bricusse
