Grateful Thanks to Bobby Darin and Wikipedia's dinosaur listing http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bobby_darin The amazing Vaporman tells me "I think the song was actually written by Leslie Bricusse for the Musical Film "Dr. Doolittle" (1967). Bobby Darin recorded it later that year for his album "The Music of Dr. Doolittle". Just a few years back (1998?), Bricusse tried a Broadway version of the film, but I don't think it went over very well." audio was posted at http://www.icompositions.com/music/song.php?sid=52256 If I could talk to the dinosaurs, just imagine it, Chattin' with a therapod with ease, Imagine talking to a t-rex, chatting with Archaeopteryx, What a neat achievement it would be! If we could talk to the dinosaurs, learn all their languages, I could take the dinosaur degree, I'd study jurassic and triassic, gastroliths and feathers, Archosaur, feces, and flea! I would converse in Protoceratopsidae, And I would curse in fluent Tetanurae, If people ask me "can you speak Thecodontosaurus?" I'd say "of courserous! Can't you?" If I conferred with our feathered friends, man to dinosaur, Think of the amazing repartee If I could walk with the dinosaurs, talk with the dinosaurs, Grunt and squeak and squawk with the dinosaurs, 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 Brachiosauridae What a lovely place the world would be! If I spoke slang to Tetanurae The advantages why any fool on earth could plainly see! Discussing Eastern art and dramas With intellectual Stegosauria That's a big step forward you'll agree! I'd learn to speak in Ceratopsia And my Iguanodontia would be extremely good If I were asked to sing in coelurosaur I'd say "whynotasaur?" and I would! If I could parlay with Deinonychosauria It's a fairy tale worthy of Hans Anderson and Grimm A man who walks with the dinosaurs and talks with the dinosaurs Grunts and squeaks and squawks with the dinosaurs and they could talk to him! Let me hear 'em talk I'd study every creature's language So I could speak to all of them on site If friends said "can he talk in crab or maybe Ankylosauria?" You'd say "I canny can" and you'd be right! And if you just stop and think of it Ain't no doubt of it I'm gonna win a place in history If I could walk with the dinosaurs Talk with the dinosaurs Grunt, squeak, squawk with the dinosaurs And they could squeak and squawk and speak and talk to me! Roar! T Rex! You slay me! Have some heart. No! Not my heart! Et Tu Raptor?