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PINKY, PINKY, PANG

A tortoise sat on a slippery limb

And played his pinky pang

For a dog-fish friend that called on him,

And this is what he sang:

“Oh, the skies are blue,

And I wait for you

To come where the willows hang,

And dance all night

By the white moonlight

To my pinky, pinky, pang! ”

[NOTES] This rhyme is about a turtle who has a fish friend. The turtle sings to the fish using a guitar that he calls his pinky, pinky pang. He tells the fish he wants her to come dance to his music at night when the moon is in the sky.

tortoise—turtle

slippery—wet

limb—arm of a tree

willows—trees

to hang—this tree grows over the turtle's head