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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 Goes to the City'''
==Poem==
by Arthur Read
''Jimmy was a happy ape until some hunters caught him''<br>
''He liked the jungle better than the city where they brought him''


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

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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