la la la la da da da ooh ooh oooh yeah da da da my friend spyrtle is a loggerhead turtle and she lives near a barrier isle she likes to eat shellfish but she s not very selfish so she shares them with her fellow reptiles she s thirty years old or so i ve been told and she s about to be a mother again so she s goin back to jekyll island all the while she s gonna be tryin to swim as fast as she can my friend spyrtle is a lovely turtle she swims and she glides through the sea with me she s gonna dig a hole on the beach near the dunes lay her eggs then swim away she hopes that the batch will quickly hatch and that they ll live to lay their own eggs someday my friend spyrtle is a lovely turtle she swims and she glides through the sea with me it takes about two months for them to rise from the dunes danger is everywhere there are crabs and raccoons when they hatch from their eggs they must follow the moon to the sea i guess the coral of the story is hurry to the sea don t stop for a banana sandwich or to pet your llama just hurry to the sea don t stop to get your car washed especially if you re a turtle cause turtles don t drive cars just hurry to the sea  and we sing my friend spyrtle is a lovely turtle she swims and she glides through the sea with me yeah my friend spyrtle is a lovely turtle she swims and she glides through the sea with me cause i swim and glide too