THE DEATH OF LITTLE KATHY FISCUS

April 8, 1949, Kathy Fiscus, a three-year-old girl died after falling into a well in San Marino, California. The failed rescue attempt received nationwide attention in the US as it was carried live on radio and on television.
   
On April the 8th, the year '49,
Death claimed a little child, so pure and so kind.
Kathy they called her, met her doom that day.
I know it was God that called her away.

Recordings and information on YouTube    https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=The+Death+Of+Little+KATHY+FISCUS+
Death of Kathy Fiscus as sung by Glenda Sue Richardson, Mountain View, Arkansas from The Max Hunter Folk Song Collection     https://maxhunter.missouristate.edu/songinformation.aspx?ID=1224
Kathy Fiscus from Wikipedia     https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kathy_Fiscus
Mudcat, ADD/Origin: Death of Little Kathy Fiscus (Osborne)     /mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=10213&messages=16#top