Dolittle want to do with the animals
He wanted to learn to talk to them.
And who promised to teach
him how to talk to the animals,
Theodore, do you think you remember
the song the doctor sang?
Theodore, I'll start it out for you.
I could talk to the animals
Chatting with a chimp and
Imagine talking to a tiger
What a neat achievement it would be
If we could talk to the animals
Maybe take an animal degree
I'd study elephant and eagle,
buffalo and beagle, alligator, guinea pig, and flea.
I could converse in fluent kangaroo.
can you speak rhinoceros?
I'd say, of course -er -us.
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
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 and sea lions,
what a lovely place the world would be.
If I spoke slang to orangutans,
the advantages any fool on earth can plainly see.
Eastern art and dramas with
That's a big step forward, you'll agree.
I'd learn to speak in antelope and turtle.
Pekingese would be extremely good.
If I were asked to sing in
I'd say winotumus and wood.
If I could parlay with pachyderms,
It's a fairytale worthy of
A man who walks with the animals,
squawks with the animals.
And they could talk to him.
So you could speak to all of them on sight.
can he talk in crab or pelican?
Then I'd say, well, I can.
And if you just stop and think a bit,
we would win a place in history.
If I could walk with the animals,
and squawk with the animals.
and squawk, and squeak, and talk