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'''Jimmy Goes to the City''' was [[Arthur Read|Arthur]]'s poem for the poetry contest in "[[I'm a Poet]]".
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'''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.


''Jimmy was a happy ape
==Poem==
Until some hunters caught him
''Jimmy was a happy ape until some hunters caught him''<br>
He liked the jungle better than
''He liked the jungle better than the city where they brought him''
The city where they brought him
 
The city was louder
''The city was louder; the city was meaner''<br>
The city was meaner
''Even the dirt in the jungle was cleaner''
Even the dirt in the jungle was cleaner
 
So Jimmy made a daring escape!
''So Jimmy made a daring escape''<br>
The hunters were suddenly minus one ape!
''The hunters were suddenly minus one ape''
He climbed the tallest building
 
Because from there he'd see
''He climbed the tallest building''<br>
How far away the jungle was
''Because from there he'd see''<br>
From the middle of the city.
''How far away the jungle was''<br>
Jimmy jumped into a passing plane
''From the middle of the city''
But the pilot didn't wait for him to explain
 
Jimmy flew back to the jungle
''Jimmy jumped into a passing plane''<br>
And told his ape friends in their lair
''But the pilot didn't wait for him to explain''
"The city's okay for a visit
 
But you couldn't make me live there."
''Jimmy flew back to the jungle and told his ape''<br>
''
''friends in their lair''<br>
==External links==
''"The city's okay for a visit,''<br>
*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
''but you couldn't make me live there."''
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Latest revision as of 05:00, 6 August 2019

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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 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[edit]

Jimmy was a happy ape until some hunters caught him
He liked the jungle better than the city where they brought him

The city was louder; the city was meaner
Even the dirt in the jungle was cleaner

So Jimmy made a daring escape
The hunters were suddenly minus one ape

He climbed the tallest building
Because from there he'd see
How far away the jungle was
From the middle of the city

Jimmy jumped into a passing plane
But the pilot didn't wait for him to explain

Jimmy flew back to the jungle and told his ape
friends in their lair
"The city's okay for a visit,
but you couldn't make me live there."

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