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The Corries' Tortoise Song Finds New Listeners

Original: Short Walks. The Tortoise Song "He was just a lonely tortoise looking for a home His tiny feet were blistered with the m

Fans are sharing "The Tortoise Song" by Scottish folk duo The Corries, a melancholy tune about a lonely tortoise found in a pet shop with "twenty pence to clear" painted on its shell. The song's bittersweet lyrics about an animal looking for a home are being quoted and circulated among folk music enthusiasts.

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• Short Walks. The Tortoise Song "He was just a lonely tortoise looking for a home His tiny feet were blistered with the miles he'd had to roam I found him in a pet shop, on his cheek there was a tear And painted on his little back was [twenty pence to clear" The Corries. # music… · BissetWV · 9

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