While talking and listening, to the trees, the animals were listening to me.
This is an adapted VR of Tennessee Ernie Ford's version. I'm going all the way, including a frog, in my throat. Croaking my way through.

If I 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
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 Rhinoceros?"
I'd say, "Of course-ros
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 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 an orangutan, 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 Pekingese would be extremely good
If I were asked to sing in Hippopotamus
I'd say "Why not-amus?" And would!
If I could parley with pachyderms,
it's a fairy tale, worthy of Hans Andersen or 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'll study every living creature's language
So I can speak to all of them on sight
If friends say, "Can he talk in Crab or Pelican?"
You'd say, "Like hell he can."
And you'll be right...

And if you just stop and think of it,
there's no doubt of it
I would win a place
in history...
If I could walk with the animals,
talk with the animals
Grunt and squeak, squawk, with the animals

And they can squeak and squawk and talk, to me!!!