I just stumbled on this song (or verse) and therefor this thread, what a treat!! so much interesting information.

Just to add to the Stories:
My last name is Barlow, I cut the pinky finger on my fretting hand when I was 9 years old with my Own Barlow Knife. At the time the worst thing was that my pinky finger stuck out like i was drinking tea with royalty all the time. Later when I picked up the guitar it would present limitations. It also made it easier to mute the high strings when playing power chords, which was good. Playing power chords was enough to make an earnest attempt at song writing though. Later I would find all kinds of ways to make up for my bum pinky. Anyway, way cool to find this song now. Hope you enjoyed the dumb story haha.