when i was a little girl i had no time no time for cere monies all i wanted was to see the world from the back of a little black pony from the back of a little black pony mr lee lived across the street had a daughter my age named joanie in the summertime we d build us a boat we d sail to the island cony we d sail to the island cony break there used to be a medicine man to come around everybody called him a phony but i thought he was a king when i heard him ring a big bell on the little black pony he was ridin on a little black pony i said oh mister what can i give you i haven t got much money but i ll do anything even try to sing if you ll let me have that pony i gotta have that little black pony he said child learn to play the banjo play the old tunes happy and lonely and i ll be back this way someday you can have that pony you can have that little black pony break well the old man he never came back but i never once thought he was a phony i just guess he must have realized he couldn t do without that pony he couldn t live without a little black pony mr lee moved away and got a job in the city that s the last i heard of joanie but i can t forget the cardboard boats and i still love little black ponies i still love little black ponies