Painted Turtles by Joseph Immel To the melody of Shady Grove: His curly brown and salty locks [Em D] glisten in the pale moon light [Em G] and the sweet heavy air of summer storms [Em D] playing at midnight. [Em -] Dew drops from his mother's eyes, tears of a heavy heart: "Send pretty Johnny kisses from me through the dead of the summer night." Tell him painted turtles love wetland creeks, and summers long and free; He'll bless a twilight secret wish, on a barefoot beach with me. Refrain: My Johnny's gone, little Johnny's gone, 'though he loved the Island Long, A white egret's wing and the rush of spring, moon sails and the misty songs. Hear the ocean wind sing quietly of the love between man and sea, and of the tides that Johnny drifts on through the sands of our memory. The years buried mother's love for him, 'neath bay and ocean sea, hatched in the nest of my hometown in the wood of a maple tree. Pink mist loves the morning sun then rises to the sky. Bring a lantern for the foggy night to catch a firefly. (Refrain)