Poem by Maurice Raiford from North Carolina United States in year 1989
Jimmy, Jimmy
The Engineer
A Sensitive man
A man so dear
He’s come to America
To see the Land
To meet its people
To give a hand
It’s a distant Land
Free and greedy
But he does his thing
To help the needy
He’s from Pakistan
Really an artist
He’s a long way from home
Probably the farthest
But he’s trying his best
To understand the thing
The People, the ways
The Occasional sting
We’re on our way
Going together
Across the Land
In all kinds of weather
Today it’s Kansas
Tomorrow Chicago
We hope to make it
We’re a long way to go
The Engineer
A Sensitive man
A man so dear
He’s come to America
To see the Land
To meet its people
To give a hand
It’s a distant Land
Free and greedy
But he does his thing
To help the needy
He’s from Pakistan
Really an artist
He’s a long way from home
Probably the farthest
But he’s trying his best
To understand the thing
The People, the ways
The Occasional sting
We’re on our way
Going together
Across the Land
In all kinds of weather
Today it’s Kansas
Tomorrow Chicago
We hope to make it
We’re a long way to go
He’s a Traditional artist
An historical realist
He tells his story
As that of a “zealist”
It’s the story of his people
Of the vast migration
The moving throngs
That made up his nation
It’s a story that can be told
And is told by many
As their people move
Seeking their destiny
We in America
Have a similar tale
Lewis and clark
The Oregon Trail
The wagon trains
The people moving
The Indians, The plains
The mountains hovering
At Long last
The shining sea
The strong ones made it
Happy to be free
Yes they made it
And we will too
All the way
To the California Zoo
An historical realist
He tells his story
As that of a “zealist”
It’s the story of his people
Of the vast migration
The moving throngs
That made up his nation
It’s a story that can be told
And is told by many
As their people move
Seeking their destiny
We in America
Have a similar tale
Lewis and clark
The Oregon Trail
The wagon trains
The people moving
The Indians, The plains
The mountains hovering
At Long last
The shining sea
The strong ones made it
Happy to be free
Yes they made it
And we will too
All the way
To the California Zoo