From "Cliff Richard At The Movies" - Unreleased September 21 1968 TV performance This song is taken from the 1967 film Doctor Dolittle.
LYRICS
If I could talk to the animals, just imagine it Chattin' to 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 I'd study elephant and eagle, buffalo and beagle Alligator, guinea pig, and flea! I would converse in polar bear and python And I would curse in fluent kangaroo If people ask me "can you speak rhinocerous?" I'd say "of courserous! Can't you?" I would 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 or 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 And my Pekinese would be extremely good If I were asked to sing in hippopotamus I'd say "whynotamous" and I would! Stop and think of it There's no doubt of it I'm gonna 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 qurack and squeak and squawk and speak and talk to me!
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