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Jimmy Goes to the City
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."
