Jellyman Kelly by James Taylor

Publish date: 2024-05-03

by · October 22, 2020

This song, inspired by a poem written by Sally, James’ daughter at age 5 ,is about a cartoon character named Jellyman Kelly and his partner Jenny Mulhenny.

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As seen in the lyrics, Jellyman Kelly really enjoyed eating jelly, particularly jelly on toast. His partner Jenny, on the other hand was the daughter of a fireman who loved to boil hot water hence putting the kettle on. The singer then questions Jenny if Jelly Man Kelly can come home, then zooms into a little bit of melodious gibberish. The song ends with the writer asserting that he and his listener could one day have tea with Jellyman Kelly.

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Issued in 1983 as the second track off In Harmony- A Sesame Street Record, this track was produced by Christopher Cerf.

It was written by the singer alongside his daughter, Sarah Maria, famously known as Sally, who initially had this as a poem she had written in school. Upon hearing his daughter’s poem, Taylor said he was amazed by the words and told her they had to put it into music.

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