Talk To The Animals

If we could talk to the animals
Just imagine it
Chatting with a 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
We'd study elephant and eagle
Buffalo and beagle
Alligator, guinea pig, and flea

We could converse in polar bear and python
And we could curse in fluent kangaroo
If people ask us, "Can you speak rhinoceros?"
We'd say, "Of courserous, can't you?"
If we conferred with our furry friends
Man to animal
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 talk to us

If we consulted with quadrupeds
Think what fun we'd have
Asking over crocodiles for tea
Or maybe lunch with two or three lions
Walruses or sea lions
What a lovely place the world would be!

We'd learn to speak in antelope and turtle
Our Pekinese would be extremely good
If we were asked to sing in hippopotamus
We'd say, "Why notamus, and would?"

And I am sure every octopus
Lobster and platypus
Certainly would see it as a plus

If we could walk with the animals
Talk with the animals
Grunt and squeak and squawk with the animals
And they could talk to us

We'd learn to speak in antelope and turtle
Our Pekinese would be extremely good
If we were asked to sing in hippopotamus
We'd say, "Why notamus, and would?"

If we all spoke like animals
Who needs English?
Gradually we'd drop it with no fuss

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