Bronson has 10 versions with tunes. The third from Brewster's 'Ballads and Songs of Indiana', has something similar. Interlaced refrain, after 1st line - "Said the False, fie, the False Fidee"; and for last "Said the child and still she stood".

The fourth version from Davis's 'Trad. Ballads of Virginia', has for the 2nd line "Said the false so rude"