"fairy" used to be slang for a white person.

"Fare thee well, fare thee well,
fare thee well, my fairy fey.
For I'm goin to Lousiana
for to see my Susiana,
singin polly wolly doodle all the day."

There's a Tishomingo in Oklahoma as well as in Mississippi. We saw a painted bunting at the National Wildlife Refuge there.