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'''Jimmy Goes to the City''' was [[Arthur Read|Arthur]]'s poem for the poetry contest in "[[I'm a Poet]]".
'''Jimmy Goes to the City''' is a poem by [[Arthur Read]]. It is featured in the episode "[[I'm a Poet]]," ''[[Arthur and the Poetry Contest]]'', and the "[[Poetry Club (track)|Poetry Club]]" track on ''[[Arthur and Friends: The First Almost Real Not Live CD (or Tape)]]''. As D.W. mentions in ''Arthur and the Poetry Contest'', the poem is a parody of King Kong.


==Poem==
''Jimmy was a happy ape
''Jimmy was a happy ape until some hunters caught him''<br>
Until some hunters caught him
''He liked the jungle better than the city where they brought him''
He liked the jungle better than
 
The city where they brought him
''The city was louder; the city was meaner''<br>
The city was louder
''Even the dirt in the jungle was cleaner''
The city was meaner
 
Even the dirt in the jungle was cleaner
''So Jimmy made a daring escape''<br>
So Jimmy made a daring escape!
''The hunters were suddenly minus one ape''
The hunters were suddenly minus one ape!
 
He climbed the tallest building
''He climbed the tallest building''<br>
Because from there he'd see
''Because from there he'd see''<br>
How far away the jungle was
''How far away the jungle was''<br>
From the middle of the city.
''From the middle of the city''
Jimmy jumped into a passing plane
 
But the pilot didn't wait for him to explain
''Jimmy jumped into a passing plane''<br>
Jimmy flew back to the jungle
''But the pilot didn't wait for him to explain''
And told his ape friends in their lair
 
"The city's okay for a visit
''Jimmy flew back to the jungle and told his ape''<br>
But you couldn't make me live there."
''friends in their lair''<br>
''
''"The city's okay for a visit,''<br>
==External links==
''but you couldn't make me live there."''
*The poem on the PBS Kids website (archived page): http://web.archive.org/web/19990508152232/http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/arthur/fern/poems/arthur.html
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