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PERFORMING ARTISTS
Louis Armstrong
Louis Armstrong
Trumpet
Dick Jacobs
Dick Jacobs
Conductor
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Leslie Bricusse
Leslie Bricusse
Composer
Dick Jacobs
Dick Jacobs
Arranger
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Nat Tarnopol
Nat Tarnopol
Producer

Lyrics

If we could talk to the animals, just imagine it
Chattin' to a chimp in chimpanzee
Imagine talking to a tiger, chatting to a cheetah
What a neat achievement it would be!
If we could talk to the animals, learn all their languages
Maybe take an animal degree
We'd study elephant and eagle, buffalo and beagle
Alligator, guinea pig, and flea!
We would converse in polar bear and python
And we would 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 I consulted with quadrupeds) and ever happen
(Think what fun we'd have asking over) crocodiles (Crocodiles for tea!)...
(Or maybe lunch with two or three lions, walruses, and sea lions
What a lovely place the world would be!) other know... Eh eh
(If I spoke slang to orangutans) ooh orangutans
(The advantages any fool on earth could plainly see!) eh...
Discussing Eastern art and dramas, With intellectual llamas
(That's a big step forward you'll agree!)
We'd learn to speak in antelope and turtle
Our Pekinese would be extremely good
If we were asked to sing in Hippopotamus
Yeh, we'd say "Whynotamous?" and (I) would!
And we are sure every octopus, place and platypus
So tiny would see it has a plus
If we could walk with the animals, talks with the animals
Grunts and squeaks and squawks hee with the animals
And they could talk to war! Yeah
Written by: Leslie Bricusse

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