Adapting from the GetListItems documentation here, you can do something like this:
<script type="text/javascript" src="filelink/jquery-1.7.2.min.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript" src="filelink/jquery.SPServices-0.7.2.min.js"></script>
<script language="javascript" type="text/javascript">
$(document).ready(function() {
$().SPServices({
operation: "GetListItems",
async: false,
listName: "YourList",
CAMLViewFields: "<ViewFields><FieldRef Name='Fingers' /></ViewFields>",
completefunc: function (xData, Status) {
$(xData.responseXML).SPFilterNode("z:row").each(function() {
var sentence = "I have " + $(this).attr("ows_Fingers") + " fingers on my left hand.";
$("#putsentencehere").append(sentence);
});
}
});
});
</script>
<p id="putsentencehere"/>