Ballads and Songs of Indiana - online book

A collection of 100 traditional folk songs with commentaries, historical info, lyrics & sheet music

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Indiana University Publications, Folklore Series
1.    "Where are you going*?"
Said the False, fie, the False Fidee; "I'm going* to my school,"
Said the child, and there still she stood.
2.    "Whose sheep are those?"
Said the False, fie, the False Fidee; "They're mine and my mother's,"
Said the child, and there still she stood.
3.    "Which one is mine?"
Said the False, fie, the False Fidee; "The one with the blue tail,"
Said the child, and there still she stood.
4.    "There's nary a one with a blue tail,"
Said the False, fie, the False Fidee; "And nary a one shall you have,"
Said the child, and there still she stood.
5.    "I wish you were in the bottom of the sea,"
Said the False, fie, the False Fidee; "With a good ship under me,"
Said the child, and there still she stood.
6.    "I wish you were in the bottom of the well,"
Said the False, fie, the False Fidee; "And you in the lowest depths of Hell,"
Said the child, and there still she stood.