Johnny went to Paris
To swim for the USA,
And won a few gold medals
With his speedy freestyle way.
He played some water polo
The best form he’d ever been,
And gained a bronze medallion
At the age of just nineteen.
Johnny went to Amsterdam
And swam his fastest front crawl
He won two more gold medals,
Then decided that was all.
He’d had another offer,
Something different and new.
He left the sports arena,
For a venture to pursue.
Johnny went to Hollywood
And signed up with MGM
To make the ‘Tarzan’ movies,
Then later, ‘Jungle Jim’.
Johnny Weissmuller, film star
On Hollywood’s Walk of Fame.
It all began with swimming
In the 1924 games.
