Little Pinky-Winky

My little pinky-winky girl,

     I wonder how you are

Today, way down

           In Saybrook town,

     So very, very far.

I hope you’re good to all the folks

     And to the dog and cat;

And when I spy

           You by and by

     I hope you will be fat.

Good night my pinky-winky girl,

     Sweet dreams to you, I pray,

My girl way down

In Saybrook town*

     So very far away.

May 24, 1903

(*The hand-written original had “My girl way down in Saybrook town”, in the final stanza, as one line)

                                              

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