Alright, boys, so far so good
Now, what did Dr. Dolittle wanna do
With animals more than anything else, Alvin?
He wanted to learn to talk to 'em
And who promised to teach him how to talk to animals, Simon?
Polynesia the parrot
Okay, now Theodore
Do you think you remember the song the doctor sang?
Ah sure Dave, if you help me
Okay Theodore, I'll start it out for ya
If I could talk to the animals, just imagine it
Chattin' with a chimp and 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 elephant 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 ask 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 consult with the quadrupeds
Think what fun we'd have
Asking for the 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 could 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 and 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 to think of it
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!
Okay fellas, I understand, that's enough